Two Cs are extremely critical for startups: Capital and Customers. In India, with a population of 1.3B, customers for B2C or B2B2C startups is not an issue. For B2B startups, …
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Ten key considerations for Build vs Buy in your product journey
As we begin 2021, let’s explore some salient points and key considerations for a build vs buy decision in your product journey. If you come from an engineering mindset, the …
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iSPIRT’s Covid Model website shutdown announcement
The iSPIRT India Covid Model site https://indiacovidmodel.in/ is going to be shutdown on the 25th Dec 2020. Thank you all for the support. The source code and details are available at Source Code …
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iSPIRT’s Second Open House on Balloon Volunteering
We had our second Open House session on Balloon Volunteering on 14th December over Zoom Conference. Do watch the session video to decide if you would like to explore volunteering …
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PM WANI – Empowering people with Wi-Fi Internet
Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (WANI) that was envisaged by TRAI Consultation papers has become a reality as Government approved it as PM WANI, on 9th December 2020, for exponential proliferation …
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New OSP Guidelines – a major reform (Ease of Doing Business)
The new guidelines on Other Service Provider (OSP) issued by DOT on 5th November is one big step taken by Government of India under leadership of Prime Minister Modi in …
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Alex Osterwalder on building The Invincible Company
iSPIRT Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), The CII-Suresh Neotia Center for Innovation, NSRCEL at IIM Bangalore, CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad and Mahindra Leadership University came together to host the …
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Introducing Developer Community for OCEN
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Over the course of four weeks in July and August 2020, iSPIRT conducted a …
Announcing Healthathon 2020
Context Those of you who have been following this blog would know that as we speak, India is rolling out a piece of public digital infrastructure known as the National …
Open House Session #1 on iSPIRT’s Balloon Volunteering
We held an impromptu Open Session on Balloon Volunteering on 20th September 2020. Watch the recorded video and presentation below to learn if iSPIRT volunteering is right for you. This …
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iSPIRT Foundation’s Official Response to Non-Personal Data Report
Last month, an expert committee chaired by Kris Gopalakrishnan submitted a report on a framework for regulating Non-Personal Data in India. The rest of this blogpost contains iSPIRT’s response to …
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iSPIRT Fourth Open House on OCEN: Market Opportunities
On 14th August we hosted the fourth open house session on Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN). This week’s discussion focused on the different roles and market opportunities for ecosystem participants …
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iSPIRT Third Open House on OCEN: API Specifications & Next Steps
On 7th August we hosted the third open house discussion on Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN). This week’s session featured a deep dive into the underlying OCEN API flows, covering …
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iSPIRT Second Open House on OCEN: Varied LSP Possibilities
On 31st July we hosted the second open house discussion on Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN). This week’s session covered several potential Loan Service Provider (LSP) products and business cases, …
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NHS Open House on Open Health Services Network
It has been a while since our last blog on this topic. After a break of two weeks, we recently completed the fifth Open House Discussion on the National Health …
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