Why rural transformation? Why must transformation, beyond development, be the goal for the country? Can financial inclusion catalyse rural transformation; to what extent? In this article, we pick up some of these questions. We try to identify the mechanisms underlying rural transformation at the level of household and individual decision-making. We argue that, unlike rural… Continue reading Financial Inclusion Pathways to Rural Transformation
Shiv Agarwal and Ravi Jasani graduated from a national law university in 2018. Roommates and close friends, both young lawyers were not excited by litigation and driven towards corporate law, both sought careers as in-house counsels. Over their course of 5 years, they took courses to prepare better for life as in-house counsels. Upon graduation,… Continue reading Decoding Consumers for LegalTech Startups
Financial Inclusion for Rural Transformation categorically pays attention to the participation of and impact on rural women. The launch workshop, focussing on the theme of ‘Strengthening Women’s Agency to Power Impact’ included technical sessions where the team presented emergent insights about the impact of financial inclusion on rural women and panel discussions to deliberate on… Continue reading Workshop Summary Report: Strengthening Women’s Agency to Power Impact
About Startup Compass The idea of starting a company has never been more popular in India. A new breed of entrepreneurs is rising in the country, inspired by home-grown heroes, driven to pursue extraordinary outcomes and supported by an ecosystem that is willing to back audacious ideas. Startup Compass offers advice on starting… Continue reading Startup Compass
Ankita, 42, is a senior partner at a law firm in a Tier 1 city. The law firm primarily works in the areas of Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Corporate Law – helping corporates and startups build their IP strategy, handling mergers and acquisitions, general advisory, real estate investments and overall litigation. Along with… Continue reading Market Gaps in Legal Tech: From the Desk of a Managing Partner
ReMaterials was started in 2012 by Hasit Ganatra, when he realised the potential of an alternate product that could cater to the current needs of people living in slums. Slums are characterised by inadequate facilities, one of which is durable housing. Ganatra observed that metal sheets were the most commonly used roofing material in slums… Continue reading ReMaterials: Scaling up Frugal Innovation Solutions
Amit Kasliwal was a participant of the Post Graduate Program for Executives at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2013 when he came up with an idea of a tea-brewing machine. Kasliwal conducted a survey to understand the tea-brewing machine industry and needs of the market and subsequently started working on prototypes for the… Continue reading MyT Brewer (A): Arriving at a Minimum Viable Prototype (MVP) for a Tea-Brewing Machine in India
Kasliwal and his team had been working on prototypes for a tea-brewing machine since 2013. After running out of funds, they decide to introduce the latest prototype in the market and test it for user experience. After receiving feedback from customers and observing them interact with the machine, they started designing an improved product. They… Continue reading MyT Brewer (B): Market Testing and Growth Strategies for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in India
Binita Hazarika is a 45 year old single unmarried woman who lives in a rural area of Jorhat, Assam, very near to NH 37. She lives in a kaccha house built on a 1.5 bigha land, which she purchased 10 years ago for Rs. 3 lakhs. She lives with her 69 year old mother and… Continue reading Papers Faded, Hope Too: Land Records of Vulnerable Citizens
The launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 27th September 2021, opens multiple avenues for innovation in the healthcare space of the country. As one of the more promising ones among them, let us look at the Health ID, a core building block of National Digital… Continue reading National Health ID & Patient Health Record
Sector experts share their views on: How technology can make governance more efficient How startups can make our cities smart Following are identified as emerging opportunities for startups in Civic Tech: Waste Management, Water & Sanitation, Pollution, Mobility and Transportation, Open Data Sourcing, GovTech, Govt-Citizen Engagement, Data Analytics, GIS.
Robust technology rails in India are enabling access to financial services for those that have been left un-and underserved. However, access is not adoption. While there can be several interim gaps, evidence from across the world suggests how absence of trust acts as a salient deterrent in adoption of financial services particularly by the low-… Continue reading Design for Bharat: Solving for Mistrust in Digital Financial Services