Fast-Tracking Inclusion: Digital Infrastructure for Identity, Payments, and Data Empowerment

In 2011, just over 3 out of 10 Indians had bank accounts. This number was, according to the Bank of International Settlements’ analysis, in line with that of other countries …

A Great Leap Forward to Transform Fintech: Data Empowerment

India is one of the first nations in the world to kick off Open APIs for consented financial data sharing. And nobody’s heard about it!  Dear Kickass Financial Product Managers …

Bharat Calling In Bay Area

In the first week of October, around Dussehra, a bunch of Indians gathered in the Bay Area. The setting had nothing to do with Dussehra, it had more to do …

Indian Software Product Registry – All That Product Companies Need to Know

Earlier this year, National Policy on Software Products was rolled out to create a robust, participatory framework to bring together industry, government and academia on a common platform to make …

The Global Stack: A Manifesto

Elevate digital cooperation to an interministerial level, promoting India’s advancements globally

#1 – Thinking about Design or Design Thinking?

Design thinking has well and truly become the buzzword in the Indian Startup ecosystem today. With the rise of this phrase, we have seen an unprecedented rise in the status …

#7 Healthcare leapfrog – but where is the problem?

When was the last time you skipped a movie for a workout, or chose a salad over a pizza? Or, actually got your annual tests done – annually? Or, visited …

Some reflections on the fireside chat with Vinod Khosla and Nandan Nilekani

On a cloudy Bangalore evening on August 2nd, the otherwise quiet campus of a medical college in the ‘startup saturated hub of Koramangala’ was bustling with energy. That night the …

iSPIRT & Sahamati Present Account Aggregator Delhi Workshop

India will be taking its first step in empowering Indians with control over their data through the RBI-driven Account Aggregator (AA) system. The Account Aggregator (AA) helps citizens & small …

iSPIRT & Sahamati Present Account Aggregator Bengaluru Workshop

India will be taking its first step in empowering Indians with control over their data through the RBI-driven Account Aggregator (AA) system. The Account Aggregator (AA) helps citizens & small …

A Day at Startup Bridge – Crafting Strategic Partnerships

For our most recent Startup Bridge Salon on May 9th, we had planned for sixty 1-1 strategic partnership meetings between 11 B2B startups and 35+ US corporates. In the weeks …

Fireside Chat: Vinod Khosla and Nandan Nilekani in Conversation with Sharad Sharma

Join us for a conversation with Vinod Khosla and Nandan Nilekani. Together with Sharad Sharma, our fireside chat host, they will talk about what it means to be an entrepreneur …

iSPIRT Foundation’s Official Response to Union Budget 2019

The budget has some relief for startups, but not an outsized role in the $5 Trillion plan   In her first budget presented today by the newly-appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman started …

Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture Explained – Video

More commonly known as the ‘Consent Layer of the India Stack’, Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) is a new approach, a paradigm shift in personal data management and processing …

#6 Healthstack session at LetsIgnite

We had the chance to conduct a discussion on the National Health Stack during the LetsIgnite event organized by the LetsVenture team on 15th June at the Leela Palace. The …