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Donor Report 2015-

Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment Government of India

CONTENT 

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 Measuring the impact and way forward

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Mission, Objectives, Journey since 2007

program, progress an lessons from 2014-15

Highlights of program 2015-16: • Goals, Focus and themes of impact • National search, results, selections and winners of impactful projects • Analysis of the entries wrt their geography & potential of impact • Highlight of Mphasis primary and secondary education them

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program for 2015-16 (List of projects and their potential impact)

 Learnings and way forward

The NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum About NSIF The NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tech 4 Goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; platform that aims to address critical gaps in development, through technologyled social innovation and solutions, that can lead to sustained social impact and foster inclusive growth in India.

Objectives of the Forum:

Searching, selecting and recognising social innovation project that has high impact potential

Supporting projects with funds/grants and Industry mentoring to scale

Showcasing innovative projects and driving key dialogues to build and sustain momentum in the ecosystem to catalyze innovations to grow and create sustained impact

Journey so Far 

Instituted in 2008 as the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours. Since it’s inception

the program has engaged with over 

1000+ innovators

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200 shortlisted innovations that have been validated and reached the final jury

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80 social innovation projects that have been awarded

Best Social Innovations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Teacher Training Solutions E-learning platform M-Health system Digital Labs Low cost braille printing Low cost tactile printing Wearable devices to aid mobility Hardware devices to make digital content accessible. Livelihood Resource Centres Employment portals linking job seekers to employers

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Mobile applications for the visually impaired Game based learning School Management Systems Online and Telephonic Career Counselling Wearable devices for safety Mobile based solutions for tracking travel Online and mobile solutions for neonatal healthcare SMS based solutions for farmers Kiosk models for micorfinance Innovative e-content for school & community learning

Projects have collectively impacted over 3.0 Lakh beneficiaries in education, health, skills and employability, financial inclusion and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.

Hyderabad Secunderbad Raipur Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Deoghar Bangalore Bellary Mangalore Cochin Bhopal Mumbai Pune New Delhi Noida Jaipur Chennai Thanjavur Theni Hydrebad Roorkee Kanpur Nagar Lucknow Kolkata

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Gujarat Jharkhand Karanataka Karnataka Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Maharashtra NCR NCR Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttaranchal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Awardees SMSONE, Arogya.com, Shree Kamdhenu, Spastic Society, Karnataka

Awardees Planet Read, Luna Ergonomics, Commissionerate for Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh with TCS, The Kabadiwala, Gaon ki Awaaz, TATA Interactive Systems, Association for Democratic Sytems and Webrosoft

Awardees National Informatics Centre, Lucknow, YES Bank,Eko India Financial Services Pvt Ltd, Don Bosco Forum for Young at Risk, Stipator – Women’s safety app, Jagdish Repaswal, Concept Waves Software Solutions & Naandi Foundation, DLabs by Students of BIT Mesra, Mid Day Meal Authority, UP.

Awardees Kriyate Design Solutions, Vidiyal, Lemon Tree Hotel Company, SOS Device by Piyush Aggarwal, SkillsTrain Training & Consultancy, Enability Foundation, Tamana,Sabrang Trust, Biocon Foundation,Frontier Makrets and Consulting Pvt Ltd, District Administration Kanpur Nagar

Theme Categories Healthcare, Accessibility, Citizen Services, Livelihoods

Theme Categories Education, Accessibility, Citizen Services, Healthcare, Environment

Theme Categories Education, Financial Inclusion, Safety of Children, Women's Empowerment, Livelihoods, Accessibility, Citizen Services

Theme Categories Accessibility, Skills and Livelihoods, Women's Empowerment, Healthcare, Citizen Services, Environment

Winners

Special Award for “Innovation for Children” in partnership with UNICEF.

Cash grants and structured mentoring for three early stage social Start-ups.

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2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

First Cash grant in partnership with Accenture.

Journey so Far Snapshot of Past Applications

Winners

Theme Categories Healthcare, Education, Livelihoods, Farmer Services, Safety of Children, Citizen Services, Environment Awardees Health Management and Research Institute, Iris Business Services Pvt Ltd, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd, Steria Ltd, ITC Limited, Educomp Solutions, Geodesic Ltd, TCS, District Administration, Maharshtra

Theme Categories Skills and Livelihoods, Accessibility, Healthcare, Financial Inclusion

Theme Categories Citizen Services, Women's Empowerment, Skills and Livelihoods, Education, Healthcare

Awardees Anudip Foundation for Social Welfare, Web@ssist, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Gujarath, GVK Emergency Management Research Institute & Mahindra Satyam, Healthpoint Services India Pvt Ltd, Bufferinfinite, YES Bank, Adobe Systems

Awardees Department of Registration and Stamps, Pune, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Govt of Chattisgarh, JSW Foundation, Jaipur Rugs Company Pvt Ltd, EduLabs Solutions,Callystro Infotech Pvt Ltd, SughaVazhu Healthcare, GEMS – School management systems, Govt. Of Andhra Pradesh & TCS, Automatic Voting Machine by students of KIET (UP), Easy Elect by Students of NID Gujarat, Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt Ltd

Innovation Showcase NSIF Innovator Video Showcase on YouTube

Receiving Awards from Key Dignitaries Digiteach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-lUPiaSEf8

Innovision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzJXcumBvVs

Showcase of best innovations in NSIF Annual Publications

Highlights of the Program 2015-2016 Goals, Focus and themes of impact National search, results Selections and winners of impactful projects Highlight of Mphasis primary and secondary education theme

Goals, Focus, and Themes of Impact

Increase the reach and impact of the program  Increase the number of NSIF Innovation applications by 15% from 2014-15  Search and find atleast 20 impactful projects in each theme  Increase the pool of catalytic grants by 10%  Search and find projects from new geographies and/or Tier 2/3 cities

program, increase effectiveness of the winning projects /cohort  Carry out deep dive mentoring for 10 high potential projects (cohort) to improve project efficiencies, sustainability, scale and impact  Track and measure progress of cohort and individual projects

advocacy, visibility of innovations, and ecosystem engagement  Create atleast two showcase forums for winning and shortlisted innovations  Documents and publicise stories of the high impact potential innovations  Provide strong network connects to winning projects for achieving scale and impact

Program Process and Impact Themes Call for Applications This year NSIF invited Applications from 

Not for Profits

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Social Enterprise's

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Youth Innovators

Application screening and Selection Process

Awards and Recognition of Winners

Catalytic Growth Grants

Mentoring

Monitoring and Evaluation

Applications undergo 4 levels of rigorous screening and selection  Eligibility Check  Initial Jury  Due Diligence  Grand Jury

Winners are awarded and publicised at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum.

Catalytic Grants are given to select winners, who’s organisations are in the ‘growth stage’. So as to scale their innovation.

Rigorous mentoring and network connects will be provided to a cohort of grantees and select others, to help grow their project.

The progress and growth of the cohort organisations will be closely monitored and evaluated and their impact mapped.

Genpact Reach Higher Honours Skills and Employability Scalable solutions for teaching, learning, assessment, placements Mphasis Education Honours

Primary & Secondary Education. Revolutionise entire value chain in education space

Accessibility

Women’s Empowerment

Assisstive technology and solutions for persons with diabilities

Solutions Promoting gender equality and women’s safety

Healthcare

Solutions Tackling gaps in affordable healthcare for the masses

Financial inclusion, governance, environment among others

National Search, Results 

Launch date 15 July – October 15th 2015

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Increased the number of NSIF Innovation applications by over 50% from 2014-15 to 2015-16

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Searched and found at least 20 impactful projects in each theme

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Increase the pool of catalytic grants by 67%

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Searched and found projects from new geographies and/or Tier 2/3 cities- Kovallam, Waiting for data

Skills and Employability

Education

Accessibility

Healthcare

Women’s Empowerment

Youth Innovators

Other Social Issues

Key Insights WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

HEALTH

SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY

ACCESSIBILITY 13 46

OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES

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33.0

89, 29%

92, 30% 22

29.7 52

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125, 41%

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23 7

For-Profits and Social Enterprise Hardware

Mobile

Mobile and Hardware

Mobile and Web

Software

Web Based

Not for Profit Organizations (NGOs) Students, Individuals and Group

INITIAL JURY Selecting the most high impact potential innovations: Parameters

Abhishek Humbad Founder NextGen

Ashish Garg Founder & CEO The Discover Tomorrow

Dhimant Parekh Founder & SM Head The Better India

K Chandrasekhar CEO & Exe. Board Mem. Forus

Kunal Kashyap, Executive Director of TiE Bangalore

Prashant Sankaran Director Interweave Consulting

ICT Innovativeness New methods, tools, processes that are ICT led

Cost/Timelines Benefits derived are commensurate with time and money invested

Social Impact Improvement in lives of communities / environment

Sustainability/Scalability Innovation can be easily reimplemented and has growth potential

Madan Padaki Co-founder, MD & CEO Head Held High

Dr. Meenu Bhambani VP & Head â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CSR Mphasis

Susmita Malik AVP & Global CSR Leader Genpact

GRAND JURY COMMENTS “It is extremely important for the country that you have sane voices who are making inclusiveness happen. I think we are at the beginning of a great journey, but if that journey be seen through to its logical conclusion, we will really see this country evolved and transformed”

NEED TEXT

Amit Aggarwal

Dr. Ganesh Natrajan R Sukumar,

VC & CEO, Zensar technologies Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation

Neeraj Aggarwal Managing Director BCG, India

SVP - Learning & Development Genpact

Editor, Mint

Ganesh Ayyar “I am deeply excited about what social innovation can do, and that combined with Digital India and Make in India can be a very powerful force.”

“The biggest thing is really how people can leverage technology to lead better lives. We are very keen to support skilling related innovations”.

CEO & ED Mphasis

“There are some really breakthrough ideas out there which are fantastic. If those come to fruition in terms of size, scale and impact, I think it will be truly breakthrough innovations.”

“The youth of India is ready to take on the challenge, is ready to disrupt the world in a positive manner. I am thrilled to be associated with this initiative in the education side.”

Sandhya Vasudevan MD & COO Deutsche Bank Group India

“These applications should have perceptible benefits to the citizens, they should be scalable and we should see the benefits percolating to different sectors.”

BVR Mohan Reddy Founder and ED Cyient

NSIF 2016 Shortlisted Projects Organisation

Project Skills and Employability

NGO

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled

Accessible technology for skilling of Persons with Disablities

NGO

Nirmaan Organization (a BITS alumni initiativ e)

Disha - Voice and web based career guidance for rural youth

For profit

Rankskills Knowledge International Pvt Ltd

Online portal linking urban employers to job seekers in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities

For profit

C360 Marketing Solutions

Smart worker – Software to train rural youth to handle digital data

Primary and Secondary Education NGO

Educate Girls

Mobile Application for easy monitoring of field staff and beneficiaries

NGO

CfBT Education Services

Mobile based pictorial score card for school evaluation by less literate mothers

NGO

Humana People to People India (HPPI)

For profit

vChalk Education

For profit

Hippocampus

Mobile based applications to track progress of school children

For profit

Theertha Info Solutions

Enumeracy – Interactive digital content for mathematics learning

digiTEACH – Digital courseware framework designed for training of primary school teachers vChalk – Mobile platform to track learning outcomes of school children via remedial learning

Accessibility NGO

Enability Foundation for Rehabilitation

Tactograph – Tactile printing tool for images and content

For profit

Ginger mind Technologies Pvt Ltd

Eye-D – Mobile based navigation solution for the visually impaired

For profit

Innovision

BrailleMe – Refreshable braille reader to make digital content accessible

NSIF 2016 Shortlisted Projects Organisation

Project Health Care

NGO

Operation ASHA

Mobile based systems to supplement TB treatment

NGO

Shelter Associates

GIS based systems to map areas with critical sanitation needs

For profit

Sohum Innovation labs India Pvt. Ltd

Device to screen newborns for hearing loss in resource poor settings

Women Empowerment NGO

Red Dot Foundation

Safecity – Web based platform to crowdsource instances of sexual harassment

NGO

FOV

Convers[t]ation – Physical kiosk to report instances of gender based harassment

For Profit

Sukhibhava Healthcare Solutions Private Limited

Mobile based platform to educate women on menstrual hygiene

Other Social Issues NGO

Rang De

Web based platform to crowdsource funds for microentrepreneurs

For profit

EasyM2M Technologies Pvt. Ltd

ThirdEye Solution – Wearable device for enhancing safety of mine workers

For Profit

OnionDev Technologies Pvt.Ltd.(Former Gramvaani)

Mobile Vaani: Voice based social media platform for the underserved

Youth Innovators Ankit Kumar Bhagat

TIKNA- A hardware cum software energy monitoring system.

PR Ganapathy ,Aniket Doeger, Mayank Garg

Haqdarshak- An online portal where citizens can identify and avail of Government Schemes Cardiac Monitoring Unit that measures 4 critical cardiac components and provides a diagnoses to doctors remotely.

Ishan Pagdotra, Sageer Wani

Mphasis Education Honours The Mphasis Education Honour is for solutions that are using ICT innovatively to bring quality education to the masses by changing the way content is created, distributed and delivered, thus creating lasting impact on the Primary and Secondary education systems. Under NSIF 2016, four projects have received catalytic grants of Rs 10 Lakhs each, along with mentor grants of Rs 5 Lakhs each as a part of the “Support to Scale” program. Shortlisted projects in the Education Category: • Educate Girls – A mobile app that helps the organization monitor its field staff. Workers geo tag their timings, input details of activities and schedule follow ups helping them effectively interact with beneficiaries. • CfBT Education Services – A mobile based pictorial score card that helps less literate mothers participate in school monitoring and evaluation. Using this, women can collect school information which is available on real time. • Humana People to People India – An innovative courseware framework for training of primary school teachers. Micro modules on a custom designed software platform, mapped to curriculum are available for teachers. • vChalk Education Pvt. Ltd. – A learning progress tracking tool that makes remedial learning more effective. • Hippocampus Learning Centres – A mobile solution that helps manage and audit the most essential aspects of the school education program. The solution maps parameters such as student enrolment, attendance, students details and assessment. Another mobile app helps teachers understand the gaps in their students learning and develop an individual learning plan for each child.

• Theertha Info Solutions - The E-Numeracy Learning kit allows students to learn basic arithmetic and math in a quick and affordable manner. The kit consists of 9 CD-ROMs that use multi-media and gamification animation technology to impart mathematical concepts to children making learning both fun and interactive. Concepts are based on vedic math logic and are taught mainly through activity based learning.

Educate Girls

CfBT Education Services

Educate Girls Mobile App

Supporting Improved Community Accountability

The organization has developed a mobile application, with 2 main components. The first requires field staff to log their time using geo tagging along with the activities carried out by them during the visits to the schools. The second is that the app enables staff to enter real time data on school level performance indicators such as boy-girl enrollment, number of teachers, infrastructure etc. The entire application streamlines the process of district level school management giving visibility to the district coordinator and allows for efficient monitoring and quick decision making. The organization is operational in 7 districts in Rajasthan and has impacted over 580 field staff and 1 lakh children.

The organization has developed a School Score Card mobile tool for illiterate rural mothers to collect school quality indicators such as teacher attendance, infrastructure, and student attendance and so on. Parameters on the card are depicted through pictorial representation for the illiterate mothers to easily understand. The data is analysed after collection and sent via SMS to the State level district board. This solution allows for community engagement and monitoring as well as transparent real time information at the state level. The organisation is currently operational in 425 schools in one district in Andhra Pradesh and has impacted over 20,000 students and parents.

digiTEACH

vChalk

Humana People to People India

vChalk Education Pvt Ltd The organisation has developed a comprehensive learning progress tracking tool that makes learning progress for each child visible. The cross platform tool creates an individual profile for each child and allows teachers to record attendance, track skill development in real time and generate reports when necessary. The organisation also encourages parents of under privileged students to get engaged with their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning through IVRS calls where parents will be guided in their local language to ask children specific questions to understand and assess skill development. Currently the organisation has implemented this project in Karnataka but hopes to scale nationally and impact over 1 million learners.

Digi- Teach is a comprehensive learning progress tracking tool that makes learning progress for each child visible. The cross platform tool creates an individual profile for each child and allows teachers to record attendance, track skill development in real time and generate reports when necessary. The organisation also encourages parents of under privileged students to get engaged with their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning through IVRS calls where parents will be guided to assess their child's skill development. The organisation is currently operation in 2 locations in Haryana and has impacted over 4,400 teachers and 25,000 students till date. They plan to scale to 27 new districts across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Winners NSIF 2016 Organisation

Technology

Project Brief

Impact

Skills and Employability Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled Project Name; Accessible Technology for Skilling and Livelihood of Differently Abled Rankskills Knowledge International Pvt Ltd Project Name: Bridging employment and employability employability opportunities to fresher from Tier 2 & Tier 3 college

Software Application

The organization provides vocational skill training to disabled youth suffering from visual and hearing impairment. Training is provided through 7 livelihood resource centers that are equipped with computers, IT equipment and accessible software programs such as JAWS, NVDA and tactile diagram based computer courses. Vocational training is provided in the fields of IT/BPO, Hospitality, Retail, Banking and a few others.

The organization has trained and placed over 7000 disabled candidates across Karnataka and Jahrkhand.

Web Platform

Rankskills is the first online platform that connects youth from Tier 2- Tier 3 educational institutes to Start-Ups /SMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The portal not only provides visibility of jobs to candidates and profiles of students to SMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s but has also built in features to connect job seekers to mentors and skilling providers to help them improve other necessary professional skills.

Rankskills has impacted over 20,000 graduates ,but has the potential to reach many more through their upcoming telephony solution and the ability to be scaled nationally.

Mobile solution

The organization is operational in 7 districts in Rajasthan and has impacted over 580 field staff and 1 lakh children.

Mobile Solution

The organisation is currently operational in 425 schools in one district in Andhra Pradesh and has impacted over 20,000 students and parents.

Software Platform

The organisation is currently operation in 2 locations in Haryana and has impacted over 4,400 teachers and 25,000 students till date. They plan to scale to 27 new districts across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Primary and Secondary Education Educate Girls Project Name Educate Girls Mobile Application

CfBT Education Services Project Name Supporting Improved Community Accountability

Humana People to People India Project Name digiTEACH

Organisation vChalk Education Pvt Ltd Project Name vChalk

Technology

Software

Project Brief The organisation has developed a comprehensive learning progress tracking tool that makes learning progress for each child visible. The cross platform tool creates an individual profile for each child and allows teachers to record attendance, track skill development in real time and generate reports when necessary. The organisation also encourages parents of under privileged students to get engaged with their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning through IVRS calls where parents will be guided in their local language to ask children specific questions to understand and assess skill development.

Impact Currently the organisation has implemented this project in Karnataka but hopes to scale nationally and impact over 1 million learners.

Accessibility Innovision Project Name BrailleMe

Braille Reader

The organization has developed the first low cost electronic Braille reader. The solution will help visually challenged individuals read and write digitally through electronic Braille. Hence making social media, internet and Microsoft office accessible to the blind.

At a price 5 times lower than that of other braille readers,the device will have a pivotal role in shaping the sectors of both education and employment for the visually impaired.

Software and Hardware

The innovation is a hardware cum software solution for the early screening and detection of treatable conditions that may lead to hearing impairment in infants. The device has 3 parts to it; the first is a base precision hardware to capture brain signals, second an algorithm software to analyze the signals which can run on various platforms and third reusable electrodes that fit any head size that are used for capturing brain signals.

The organization is targeting infants in resource poor settings with the aim of screening 1 mill infants by 2018 and diagnosing over 45,500 infants with hearing impairment

Mobile Solution

The mobile based cloud solution aimed at raising awareness and delivering education on menstrual hygiene. Female micro entrepreneurs who make sanitary napkins are trained to use the solution as they act as community volunteers and agents for change encouraging rural women to purchase sanitary napkins and products.

The organization has currently implemented to solution in Bangalore and is expected to impact over 2,800 by the end of 2016.

Social Media Platform

Mobile Vaani is a voice based social media platform for underserved communities. Individuals can call a toll free number to leave messages on socially relevant topics and listen to other messages left by other community members. This raises their awareness and opens up channels for community as never seen before.

Currently the platform is operational in Jahrkhand, Orrisa and Madhya Pradesh and has the potential to reach over 2 million.

Mobile/Tablet Application

The solution is mobile/tablet based application that both provides a complete database of government schemes as well as allows for the screening of citizens to determine their eligibility for said schemes.

Till date the innovation has mapped schemes across Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra. It has the potential to reach 276 million Indians.

Healthcare Sohum Innovation Labs India Pvt Ltd Project Name A novel device and system to screen newborns for hearing loss in resource poor Settings

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empowerment Sukhibhava Healthcare Solutions Private Limited Project Name Menstrual Hygiene Project

Other Social Issues OnionDev Technologies Pvt.Ltd (Formerly Gramvaani ) Name of the Project Mobile Vaani: A voice based social media for the underserved population.

Youth Innovators P.R Ganapathy,Aniket Doeger and Mayank Garg Project Name Haqdarshak

mentoring program, progress and lessons from 2014-15

Catalytic Grants and Mentoring Cohort As of last year the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum platform has introduced a few new aspects to its engagement with the Innovation and enterprises community within the context of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). In particular, NSIF has introduced a Grant program and a capacity building initiative. As an evolving process, a systematic methodology was developed and adopted for the mentoring so as to ensure that the projects could be put on a pathway to scale and replication in the future â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thus enabling NSIF to predict some of the impact potential and begin to measure and demonstrate a clear value proposition of the entire NSIF platform in the context of ICT4D Innovations & enterprises.

Catalytic Grant For the first of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind cohort, the NSIF 2015 Grant cycle chose 3 social organisations, a mixture of For Profits and Not for Profits that were in their early- growth stage and in the process of validating their model in the real market and preparing to scale, engaging with them over a 9 month period. These organisations received a fund of Rs. 10 Lakhs as working capital which could be used by them to make strategic leaps for their organisation or business model. More details of the organisations, their activities and impact can be found in the following section.

Mentoring Journey so Far Background: 6 organisations For Profit and Not for Profit for 201415 winners, selected for 9 month capacity building and mentoring process – mentoring Partners Innovation Alchemy.

Of the 6 organisations: The 3 Catalytic Grant Winners- Received Rs. 10 Lakhs each along with mentoring guidance on how best to utilize this fund. The 3 receiving capacity building support- 2 organisations received light touch support while 1 organisation received in depth mentoring to refine and grow their innovations and organisations. NOTE: All of these organisations are not necessarily NSIF awardees, however they have been selected for the cohort because they have shown a potential to scale their innovation and demonstrate impact.

Objective of Mentoring The primary goals were to help the teams or innovators to streamline their models, streamline their operations and gain some skills, contacts and capacity that can help them scale up in a far more structured manner going forward. The outputs expected from mentoring include:

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Increase reach to newer markets Increase capacity for efficient horizontal business processes Establish strong customer pipeline Have a holistic approach business development – technology and reach

Monitoring and Evaluation The progress of the cohort projects was tracked on a regular basis on an online platform, against set milestones to determine outcomes and impact and by extension, success. At the outset, milestones were established and scope of the project defined against which progress was tracked.

Mentors Prashant Shankaran, Mentor at IIMB Jackie O Neil , Microsoft Research Labs Karthik Shrinivasan, Vodafone Manjunath Bhat, VM Ware

Mentoring Cohort design The Gap Analysis Framework

Structure and Design of the Mentoring Engagement Identify the key scale

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User & Market Understanding Current Stage or Dev’t What’s needed to scale

Leadership & Entrepreneurial Ability Org Structure Current Capacity What’s needed to Scale

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Technology

Team & Organization

Business Model

Mentoring Support Needed

Unit Costs Financial Viability Value Proposition Projections & Purchasing Requirements

opportunities

Creating an appreciation of tools & frameworks for systematic scale; and an alignment on the objectives    

Current Challenges Blocks to scale Where critical Support is Needed Why That Support is Important

Mentoring Sessions & Capacity Buildng Workshops towards aligned objectives

Organization Diagnostic for Scale & Acceleration

Orientation Workshop for 6-7 Teams to understand objectives to scale

Design & Development of “Mentoring & Scale Acceleration Plans” with each team

Capacity Building Workshops with Subject Matter Experts on key areas identified after diagnostic

Advise, mentoring & support on specific gap areas to help the team overcome capacity challenges

Organizations strengthened internally with ideas, tools, frameworks and team capacity for systematic scale

Process Highlights Enability Foundation for Rehabilitation Gaps Identified: •

Lack of Direction in Product Development

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Lack of Coherent Marketing Strategy

Interventions: •

One on One guided mentoring

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Business thinking and development workshops

Impact •

Re-design of the product and technology to industry standards.

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Increase in human capital

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Cross Subsidizing market put in place to ensure cost effectiveness and market competitiveness.

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Over 1,000 devices ordered by German Engineering giant Robert BOSCH.

Tamana Gaps Identified • Lack of Direction in Product Development • Lack of Coherent Marketing Strategy • Product Validation

Interventions: • •

One on One guided mentoring Business thinking and development workshops

Impact • • • •

Tamana has developed 5 new activities/games with bet version ready for launch Increased the number of tech developers hired. Tamana has increased its study group from 47 children to 500 The organisation has garnered more visibility in the space by developing marketing collaterals and increased it’s presence at events for the specially abled population.

To start with, we planned for developing only two applications as part of our project. But we are now in the process of negotiating 4 applications in total We’ve also customized our app development process as we’re targeting niche markets for children with special needs.

-Blessin, Research Consultant

As a part of NISF program, the brainstorming session guided us to revise our product ideation and design. We worked right from scratch after we received valuable product review from the technology mentors. The innovation and optimization in turn lead to promised orders from BOSCH research centre, for 1000 nos. even before the product is launched. We’ve scheduled the product launch on February 2016.

Pradeep T, Founder

Snapshot of Mentoring Cohort Organisation

Technology

Kinect based application

Together with IBM Tamana developed two applications that uses Kinect, aimed at enhancing motor coordination, joint attention and cognitive skills of children with autism. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Kinect is a Microsoft accessory built for the Xbox 360 that allows users to play video games without controllers but rather allows them to control the game function using body actions detected by motion sensors.

Kinematics and sensor based.

iGest is a kinematic sensor based system that is designed to help children with cerebral palsy communicate, by leaning their gestures and movements and converting them into meaningful sentences through a mobile phone.

Mobile and video

SkilsTrainprovides vocational training to rural school drop in the form of free video content which is delivered on a mobile phone , making it easy to access. The videos are also distributed through recharge shops. After the youth finish the video content they can then opt to go for hands on training to training centres for the nominal fee of Rs10-50.

Web based software

SAS Poorna Arogya offers a Micro-Finance linked Health Insurance program that enables low income families to access high quality medical treatment, at very affordable costs. It leverages a computerized database management, tracking and management system that allow all user records to be online, thus enabling cash less health insurance for the target communities

Tamana Project Name Kinect Based Application

Enability Foundation for Rehabilitation Project Name iGest SkillTrain Training and Consultancy India Pvt. Ltd Project Name Skills Train

SAS Poorna Arogya Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Project Name SAS Poorna Arogya Porgramâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive & Quality Health Care for the Poor

Project Brief

Impact Still in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early stages the applications have shown an 88% improvement in joint attention and communication skills in users till date. The solution still in development has the potential to impact over 1.5 % of the indian population.

The project has impacted 5000 children in 25 villages in Madhya Pradesh, India till date.

The organisation has impacted over 4.5 lak member patients so far.

Snapshot of Mentoring Cohort Organisation

Technology

Kriyate Design Solutions Pvt.Ltd Mobile

Project Name SimplEye

Piyush Aggarwal

Project Name SOS Device

Hardware and Mobile

Project Brief SimplEye is a mobile application available on smart phones that uses a simple interface to remove all the clutter from the smartphone screen and makes it easy to use for visually impaired persons. With simple gestures and actions users can navigate through their smartphone with out any problems making phones accessible to everyone , regardless of their display. Available on the app store and has been installed by 300 persons so far, but has potential impact of 285million visually impaired individuals In India. The SOS Device is a safety device targetted at women and elderly. The device allows users to send SMS notifications to family and friends who are in return able to track the person using SMS responses. Still under development the device will impact millions of women, children and elderly across the country.

Impact

Kriyate Design Solutions Pvt.Ltd

Project Name SimplEye

Piyush Aggarwal

Project Name SOS Device

Enability Foundation for Rehabilitation: iGest iGest is a kinematics based system that converts gesture to speech using a mobile phone, to aid communication for children with cerebral palsy. The system is built into a wearable device so as to capture movement. The device is available for Rs. 8,000 and costs 50% less for NGO’s.

Challenges and Gaps

Interventions by NF •

Lack of direction in product development.

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• Lack of a coherent Marketing strategy

During the mentoring workshop the Enability team was advised to re-think the design of their product as well their technology interface so as to align it with industry standards. Clear criterion for rigorous technology development , were set and monitored by the NASSCOM Foundation Team for the utilization of the Catalytic Grant.

The NF mentoring workshop encouraged the Enability team to design marketing strategies that would allows their product to cater to the BoP population and global markets as well .

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The team re-designed the device to resemble that of a fitness band- and have updated their algorithm which has resulted in a deployment of 100 pieces and a further promised order of 1,000 pieces from the German engineering giant Robert BOSCH The grant has enabled them to hire a highly skilled R&D team as well as discover and set up a sustainable supply chain for all the various hardware inputs. The product has finished it’s beta stage testing and is now ready to launch.

Enability has now developed a successful model for cross subsidizing sales across different markets. It did this by selling the device at a premium price in a market of different sectors while subsidizing it for Persons with Disabilities. The team has now also expanded it’s market across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Tamana: Kinect based applications for individuals with special needs Tamana has built 2 Kinect Apps that are aimed at improving the motor coordination and joint control of youth between the ages of 7-20yrs with severe learning disabilities and autism. The app platform is 1/5th the price of normal Kinect based platforms. Challenges and Gaps

Interventions by NF •

Product Design and Development- Due to high hardware costs and a lack of skilled resources in the field of Kinect based application.

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Connected and facilitated discussions between Tamana and technology mentors from the Microsoft Research Labs, who vetted the applications and advised the team on details such as user experience. Clear criterion for rigorous technology development , were set and monitored by the NASSCOM Foundation Team for the utilization of the Catalytic Grant. During all mentor interactions the NASSCOM Foundation team urged Tamana to conduct pilots in both Tamana’s special education schools and other special education organisations. Tamana was asked to review international standards set for special needs education and integrate this into their application, which would add to the legitimacy of the product.

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• The Tamana team has increased the size of it’s study group from 47 students to over 500 students who have tested the beta application. Tamana has also been testing the application at the events of other autistic organisations on willing beneficiaries. •

• Lack of a coherent Marketing strategy

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The Mentoring Workshop hosted by NASSCOM Foundation helped the team think through concepts such as marketing, scaling and developing a business plan by showcasing existing best practice case studies. The team was urged at looking at the applicability of a Kinect based application to a larger market .

Tamana has now developed a beta version of the application with 5 distinct activites/games ready to launch in April 2016, aimed at improving coordination, joint control and communication of youth with autism. The team has also hired 2 technology developers and designers who have worked to build out the application.

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Tamana has identified that devising a kinect based learning methodology that has the potential to benefit a greater number of children apart from those with special needs. The team has created marketing collaterals and is making a greater effort to expand their market by showcasing their application at the events of other special needs organisations.

LEARNINGS FROM THE FIRST MENTORING COHORT Due to many of the cohort teams being at various stages of maturity- the ability to tailor the mentoring programme to the needs of each individual organisation remained a pain point.

Non availability of stakeholders from teams led to irregular follow ups and lower touch points which made it harder to map the teams.

The lack of maturity and fruitation by some teams meant that new challenges and instability were commonNASSCOM Foundation was therefore not able to provide all the appropriate mentors necessary on a need basis.

A six to eight-month window of support is really short to see any real change or impact from the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, hence an extension of support for the 2nd year would be looked into and a option would be provided to the cohort team members on a case by case basis.

A lot of learning happened in terms of feedback from possible funding partners for the platform. Specifically, NSIF team is now clear about the people who are present in the T4G space and who are ready to back them

The NSIF team has also gained a deeper understanding and therefore motivation of the need for mentoring support, capacity building assistance and help in setting up of processes for early stage startup organizations.

mentoring program for 2015-16 (List of projects and their potential impact)

Main Mentoring Intervention Areas for this year 

Potential of Commercialisation of the project/product

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Customer centricity and acquisition - how do they identify and bring on board more people who can use their product/ service, essentially their outreach approach

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Business model strengthening (including revenue models) - a discussion on this could help bring out potential models that they may be exploring, we may be able to recommend some ideas here in our report

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Go to market strategies - is the product ready for commercialisation? Or Distribution? How will they go to the market?

Ecosystem Energizing: Tech for Good advocacy and showcase 

Increase efforts for ‘tech for good’ advocacy, visibility of innovations, and ecosystem engagement

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NSIF created two key showcase platform for innovators to meet and network with potential partners

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Conference, exhibition photos,

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Media releases (54 for NSIF launches, 22 for Announcements)

Youtube video of the NSIF 2016 Winning Innovations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxO1m_NilDY

Innovator Showcase: Publication Ideas That Impact The diversity of India leads to a diverse range of problems. Inequality in income, in opportunities, in the availability of services such as education and healthcare are still realities that we are grappling with. Correcting these gaps, thus needs a diverse range of solutions, efforts and initiatives that can reach the far corners of the country, be used easily by communities and tracked by development agencies and the government. The Indian social enterprise sector, represented by both Not-for-Profit and For-Profit social or inclusive business, has been at the forefront of the techno-social innovation movement, creating products, solutions and processes, with the aid of information communication technology (ICT) to address local and national level gaps in education, health, skills building, livelihood and public utilities. This publication is the second edition in the Ideas that Impact series within the NSIF Program, showcasing some of the very best solutions that are a part of the NSIF network. The book will take a closer look at the top few projects, selected from the hundreds of innovations that competed for the honours at NSIF this year. These solutions, with the potential to create transformative impact in the critical areas of Education, Skills, Accessibility and Healthcare, exemplify power of technology in bringing about social good. The intent is to and out more about what the genesis of these innovations was, what makes them winners and what their potential is. The publication aims to demonstrate how technology can be used to achieve development goals in the hope to not just create a better understanding of tech for good initiatives, but also to enthuse many young innovators to join the movement.

Highlights of the book • 13 in depth case studies, covering the best ICT based social innovations in India • Impact testimonials of innovations from beneficiaries, partners and mentors • Expert comments on ICT based innovation in skills, education, accessibility, healthcare, women’s empowerment and others • Snapshots of projects with the potential to create large scale impact in the social economic landscape of the country

Measuring the Impact and Way Forward Diagnostic of all mentee projects : April Desired to-be state for scaling the innovation

Terms of Reference defined : May Deliverables of each innovator defined in detail â&#x20AC;&#x201C; business model, solution upgrade, go-to-market strategy etc

Impact Assessment metrics : May June Quantitative goals the innovator would work towards in the coming years

Intensive workshop Jun + Oct Group workshops of mentees with mentors for discussions, brainstorming and knowledge sharing

Mentoring sessions with anchor mentors and domain mentors Jun to March Mentors will connect with mentees through the 8 months and guide on each relevant processes that are needed to help them scale

Summary  3-4 common pain points identified amongst the cohort organisations  How the mentoring helped, were the aims met.  Any notable impact created by any of the organisations at the end of the cycle.

Impact NSIF impact at 3 levels: as a platform-ecosystem developer and supporter Impact on each of the winner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; broad points with testimonials from mentees

Knowledge products: book

Showcase products: videos etc..

The four social innovations will cumulatively impact â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1,45,000 Students and 4,500 Teachers of Govt secondary schools. And has the potential impact of another one lakhs students across the country by 2019.

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