The fourth session in the SKI Touchpoint series was conducted by the Digital Platforms Practice Area, on the theme of Digital Pathways with ONDC for Nano & Small Businesses’. Abhishek Modi, Lead – Digital Platforms at SKI (abhishek.modi@sattva.co.in), moderated this session, featuring Nandita Sharma, the Social Impact Lead for ONDC.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) suggests that the responsibility of the for-profits operating within society…
If you are an entrepreneur or an organisation looking to build a platform-based approach to solve a problem, then here are some reflections on making the shift in applying platform thinking to social impact.
Agricultural finance in India is currently facing a crisis of high-interest rates leading to higher debt percentages, lack of insurance financing for risk mitigation and unreported capital flows. Understanding these gaps will lead to the achievement of bigger opportunities and objectives such as increasing farmers’ income, promoting resource efficiency, enhancing
Migration is a prevalent phenomenon where workers move from one region to another in search of employment. There are approximately more than 140 million Indian migrant workers, who contribute 10% to the Indian GDP. Three primary causes drive migration in India – aspirations for economic mobility, socio-economic disenfranchisement, and urbanisation.
A group of social entrepreneurs developing technology innovations to optimise water usage for food production were looking to take their idea to market.
Given the enormous diversity within a country like India, there have been remarkable initiatives which emphasise on education for all but do not necessarily solve for equity.
Do we take the possibilities enabled by the unique identification system of Aadhar for granted in India today? Certain reports estimate that 850 million people around the world do not have an official ID, and that around 133 countries today do not have a digital payment system. Through India’s digitisation
This episode of Decoding Impact with Rathish Balakrishnan features an in-depth conversation with Shilpa Kumar to unpack why we need climate finance and how Development Finance Institutions are uniquely positioned to address it.
Almost 1.27 crore kirana stores dot the grocery retail landscape in India, comprising nearly 90% of the retail sector.