“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” ~ Mahatma Gandhi This is one of the core values that we cherish at iSPIRT. We …
PM-WANI: Business models
India, a large country with a lot of geographical and economic diversity, faces interesting challenges with last-mile connectivity for internet users. PM-WANI programme provides a powerful technical and policy framework …
38% of India’s Unicorns Are Not “Indian”
India currently has 90 unicorns – startup companies that are valued at over $1b – and will likely soon have 100 unicorns, becoming the third such country after the USA …
NavIC Grand Challenge Launched by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union minister on 17th May 2022
At the Fourth National Startup Advisory Council Meet held on 17.05.2022 under Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal, the …
iSPIRT Foundation’s Response to Union Budget 2022
Union Budget 2022 – Imprints of using Digital public infra with Private innovation iSPIRT Foundation, a technology think-and-do tank, believes that India’s hard problems can be solved only by leveraging …
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Bharat Distributed Ledger (BADAL) for accelerating trusted commerce in India
India has made rapid progress in digitisation of the economy in the last decade becoming a world leader in identity systems, digital payments and tax, and a new data sharing …
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Confidential Clean Rooms in DEPA
We are at the cusp of a data empowerment revolution in India. The DEPA architecture and its first instantiation, the Account Aggregator (AA) framework are empowering individuals and businesses to …
Stay-In-India Checklist Index aiming for 5 trillion $ Economy by 2025
The Stay-in-India checklist is a list of regulatory hurdles that makes it attractive for Indian startups to Domicile in foreign jurisdictions like Singapore and USA.
Major Indian banks join Account Aggregator network to help individuals conveniently access and digitally share their financial data
Eight of India’s major banks (State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IDFC First Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Federal Bank) have joined the Account …
Virtual Meeting on Data Empowerment (August 31, 2021)
Senior policymakers met to discuss data empowerment approaches that ensure privacy and encourage innovation The digitalization of economies, particularly in critical sectors such as health, mobility, energy, and finance, has …
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Account Aggregator Ecosystem Go-Live
iSPIRT Foundation welcomes you to the virtual launch of the industry-wide Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem on September 2, 2021. This event announces the major financial institutions that have gone live, and …
iSPIRT’s Official Response to the Draft Drone Rules 2021
This is our response to the Draft Drone Rules 2021 published by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 14 July 2021. Introduction The potential commercial benefits that unmanned aviation can …
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iSPIRT Balloon Volunteering Open House #4 – Opportunities in Technology
Building on the previous Balloon Volunteering Open House Sessions, we will give a flavour of available volunteering opportunities in the Technology space. In the fourth Session, we have Dr Pramod …
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Can digital currencies and crypto investors help close India’s SME financing gap?
The internet connected the average Indian to millions of sources of information. Could crypto protocols connect Indians to millions of sources of capital? To achieve its goal of a five …
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