Sambodhi

31 Jan
Beyond Certifications: Tracking the Real Impact of PMKVY on India’s Workforce
Beyond Certifications: Tracking the Real Impact of PMKVY on India’s Workforce

Within India’s skill development landscape, success is often boiled down to a simple paper chase.

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22 Jan
Bhuvan Geoportal: How Satellite Data Is Reimagining Development at the Grassroots
Bhuvan Geoportal: How Satellite Data is Reimagining Development at the Grassroots

When Bhuvan first emerged in 2009, it appeared to be a straightforward Indian alternative to GIS mapping virtual globe platforms.

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20 Jan
Making Public Data Work Together: The Next Frontier for India’s Digital Governance
Making Public Data Work Together: The Next Frontier for India’s Digital Governance

Ask any government official in a district headquarters about their weekly review meetings, and they will likely describe a familiar and frustrating scene.

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08 Jan
NDEAR and the Future of Indian Classrooms: Building the Digital Infrastructure for Learning
NDEAR and the Future of Indian Classrooms: Building the Digital Infrastructure for Learning

In most discussions on school reform, attention is focused on classrooms, textbooks, or teacher capacity.

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20 Nov
The JAM Trinity in Action: Building the Backbone of Direct Benefit Transfers in India
The JAM Trinity in Action: Building the Backbone of Direct Benefit Transfers in India

When India began stitching together the JAM, namely Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile, it was less a slogan and more an infrastructure design principle: unique identity, a bank account, and a communications channel.

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20 Nov
National Digital Health Mission:
National Digital Health Mission: Designing the Blueprint for a Unified Health Ecosystem

India’s shift to a unified digital health architecture began as a pilot on 15 August 2020 under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

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28 Oct
Scaling Telemedicine for a Billion: Lessons from India’s eSanjeevani Platform
Scaling Telemedicine for a Billion: Lessons from India’s eSanjeevani Platform

When eSanjeevani was launched in 2019, it began as a small pilot to determine if digital consultations could reach patients within India’s public health system.

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23 Oct
PM GatiShakti and the Power of Data: Transforming Infrastructure Planning for a Connected India
PM GatiShakti and the Power of Data: Transforming Infrastructure Planning for a Connected India

When the government unveiled PM GatiShakti in October 2021, the headlines spoke of quick execution and reduced bottlenecks.

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03 Oct
Reimagining Welfare Delivery: How Aadhaar-Linked Transfers are Shaping India’s Social Protection System
Reimagining Welfare Delivery: How Aadhaar-Linked Transfers are Shaping India’s Social Protection System

Subsidies and entitlements existed in plenty, but many never made it to the intended household.

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