iSPIRT works to transform India into a hub for new generation software products, by addressing crucial government policy, creating market catalysts and grow the maturity of product entrepreneurs. Welcome to the Official Insights!
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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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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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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“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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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The Open house session scheduled for 25th July 2020 has been postponed again. Instead, iSPIRT is hosting today’s topics separately in the coming week and we request you to please …
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“The ‘Landline to Mobile’ leapfrog for MSME credit is here.” On Friday evening we hosted the first open house discussion on the new Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN). It is …
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Subsequent to announcement of the Software product policy there was an expectation in Software product industry that Government of India will make sweeping reforms to promote this Industry. In this …
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India is starved of affordable, formal credit. Only 11 % of the 60 million MSMEs* have access to capital from organised lenders today. This under-penetration has shackled our economic growth …