In the last few months, I have had the opportunity to work closely with the National Cancer Grid – a network of 150+ cancer centres in India – and in the process, better understand the workflows involved in different medical processes and the requirements of medical professionals. I have closely observed care delivery, interviewed cancer …
SaaS founders discuss NPSP 2019 with MietY Officials in Chennai
Shri Rajiv Kumar Joint Secretary in-charge of National Policy on Software Products (NPSP 2019) and Senior Director Dr. A K Garg met 20 SaaS companies founders and leader in Chennai on 13th March 2019. At meeting it was discussed that NPSP announced by Government of India on 28th February will soon create a National Software Product …
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#3 What does the Health Stack mean for you?
The National Health Stack is a set of foundational building blocks which will be built as shared digital infrastructure, usable by both public sector and private sector players. In our third post on the Health Stack (the first two can be found here and here), we explain how it can be leveraged to build solutions …
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Decoding the Aadhaar (Amendment) Bill – PMLA Amendment
The amendment made by way of the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,2002 gives true effect to the intention of the Hon’ble Supreme Court as set out in their judgment of September 2018. It is clear from the judgment that the objective was to empower the individual …
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Policy Hacks – National Policy on Software Products (NPSP) 2019
It is a moment of delight at iSPIRT to see Govt. of India setting its focus on “Software Product”, with the announcement of National Policy on Software Products by government of India on 28th February 2019. The policy framed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is aimed to sustain India as a global …
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Scaling Good Advice In India’s Startup Ecosystem – A Research Paper On PNGrowth Model
In January 2016 iSPIRT ran the largest software entrepreneur school in India, called PNgrowth (short for Product Nation Growth). The central vision of PNgrowth was to create a model of peer learning where over 100 founders could give each other one-on-one advice about how to grow their startups. With peer learning as PNgrowth’s core model, this enterprise …
India powers up its ‘Software Product’ potential, Introduces National Policy on Software Products (NPSP)
This is an exciting occasion for our indigenous software industry as India’s National Policy on Software Products gets rolled out. This policy offers the perfect framework to bring together the industry, academia and the government to help realise the vision of India as a dominant player in the global software product market. For ease of …
Clipping The Wings Of Angel Tax
2000 startups. 100 meetings. 25 articles. 7 years. 3 WhatsApp groups. 2 whitepapers. 1 unwavering ask: No More Angel Tax. This evening, when we first got to see the circular from DPIIT/CBDT that formalized key recommendations suggested with respect to Angel Tax or section 56(2)(viib), we admit our minds went blank for a moment. …
An Afternoon With Don Norman In Bengaluru
Are you building products for the everyday user? Is it becoming harder and harder to manage complexity while maintaining usability? How do you design a sustainable system for a complex multi-stakeholder environment? How do you teach a user to use your product with good design? How do you reinvent an established business model in light …
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iSPIRT Presents Poster Session & Product Discussion With Don Norman
Don Norman, the pioneer of design in the 21st century, is visiting India. Presenting you with an opportunity to engage with the living legend in a closed-door interaction where you can discuss your solution/product and get unbiased feedback on 20th February 2019 in Bengaluru. We’re looking for solutions in the social space that are building …
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A Platform is in the Eye of the Beholder
The distinction between whether you are building a platform or a product should be made primarily to align your internal stakeholders to a particular strategic direction, as we learned in the recent iSPIRT round table. [This is a guest post By Ben Merton] “So are we a platform, or are we a product?” I said …
#2 Federated Personal Health Records – The Quest For Use Cases
Last week we wrote about India’s Health Leapfrog and the role of Health Stack in enabling that (you can read it here). Today, we talk about one component of the National Health Stack – Federated Personal Health Records: its design, the role of policy and potential use cases. Overview A federated personal health record refers …
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iSPIRT’s Response to Union Interim Budget 2019
Our policy team tracks the interest of Software product industry INDIA, Bangalore, Feb 1st, 2019 – Proposals for Union budget of 2019 have been announced today by Finance Minister. Being an interim budget not many announcements were expected. Some of the important announcements that may affect the expansion of the economy, in general, owing to …
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SaaS 3.0 – Data, Platforms, and the AI/ML gold rush
An impending recession, the AI/ML gold rush, Data as the new oil, SaaS Explosion… The SaaS landscape is changing rapidly and so are the customer expectations! 18 months ago, I came across a message that India is a premier hub for global B2B SaaS, just like Israel is a hub for cybersecurity. At first, I …
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#1 India’s Health Leapfrog – Towards A Holistic Healthcare Ecosystem
In July 2018, NITI Aayog published a Strategy and Approach document on the National Health Stack. The document underscored the need for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and laid down the technology framework for implementing the Ayushman Bharat programme which is meant to provide UHC to the bottom 500 million of the country. While the Health …
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