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 …

Call for National Health Stack Session at LetsIgnite on 15th June

Health Stack The National Health Stack aims to improve quality, access and affordability of healthcare, facilitate national health programmes, monitor insurance policies and claims, and boost medical research and health …

Drones, Digital Sky, Roundtables & Public Goods

This is a guest post by Dewang Gala and Vishal Pardeshi (Pigeon Innovative). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV’s)/ Drones have been making a buzz all over the world. Drones in the past …

#5 What is the Federated PHR Component of the Health Stack?

PHR – Personal Health Record – is a mechanism to access a longitudinal view of a patient’s health history and be able to use it for different purposes. It is …

An Afternoon with Dr. Don Norman – Video

We had the incredible opportunity to host Dr. Don Norman in Bangalore in February this year. Dr. Norman is a living legend of the design world having operated in the …

A right HS Code ‘need of hour’ for NPSP Success

National Policy on Software Product provides for creating a HS Code under Strategy item 1 for “Promoting Software Products Business Ecosystem” The tax regime will be demarcated for ‘Software Products’ …

India’s new Software Products Policy marks a Watershed Moment in its Economic History – Can the nation make it count?

India is on the glide path of emerging as one of the economic powerhouses of the world – its economy is ranked sixth in size globally (and slated to climb to …

#4 Reimagining Cancer Care

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 …

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 …

#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 …

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 …