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Aakash Mehrotra is a Manager in the Data and Innovation domain of MSC India. He is a Management and Development Research professional with experience in leading the market and consumer research studies in several countries.
Low awareness of fertilizer subsidy: A challenge to subsidy reforms
The government has been considering a policy shift to transfer the fertilizer subsidy amount to the bank accounts of farmers rather than fertilizer companies. In our pan-India study with farmers we found that only one-third of the farmers knew that they purchase fertilizers at a subsidized rate. With such low awareness levels, this policy shift may evoke shock and displeasure since this would require farmers to first purchase fertilizers at the market price.
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
ChitMonks: Giving India’s oldest form of banking a new look
This blog is a sequel to our previous blog on ChitMonks under the Financial Inclusion Lab accelerator program. Chit funds are an old and essential financial service in India, which remains mainly in the analog mode. ChitMonks are working to digitalize the industry. In this blog, we take you through ChitMonks’ journey, the startup’s progress since the second cohort of the FILab, its struggles and achievements, and its plans.
Aug 26, 2021
Aug 26, 2021
Awaaz.De: Mobile-based interventions for social change
Awaaz.De provides easy-to-use, cost-efficient, and time-saving mobile solutions for organizations and communities across multiple sectors—education, agriculture, health, and financial services. Its inclusive mobile solutions that use interactive voice response (IVR), SMS, mobile apps, and web, enable organizations to reach the last mile.
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
Frontier Markets: Building strong rural marketplaces
Frontier Markets, headquartered in Jaipur, Rajasthan, was founded in 2011 by Ajaita Shah as a last-mile distribution solution for green energy products. Since then, Frontier Markets has evolved from a high-touch to a high-tech digital platform that works with rural women influencers across multiple states in India, adding vital products based on market demand.
Aug 19, 2021
NFHS 5 calls for urgent action on child nutrition in India
The article highlights findings from the first round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5, a large scale nationwide survey of households in India, released in Dec’20. The article primarily focuses on Five major indicators of child nutrition and compares the outcome of first round of NFHS 5, covering 54% of India’s population with previously conducted NFHS, 3 and 4 in the year 2005-06 and 2015-16 respectively.
Feb 11, 2021
Aakash Mehrotra, Puneet Khanduja, Monica Dutta and Palak Khanna
Feb 11, 2021
Aakash Mehrotra, Puneet Khanduja, Monica Dutta and Palak Khanna
“Respect the sentiment:” Using sentiment analysis to inform policy and regulation
This blog examines how text analytics and social media platforms can help policymakers quickly gauge public sentiment around different issues.
Dec 21, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Mohak Srivastava, Monica Dutta and Rahul Chatterjee
Dec 21, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Mohak Srivastava, Monica Dutta and Rahul Chatterjee
A paradigm shift for fintechs: Why a coherent data strategy has become a business necessity
This blog explores the critical role of data analytics and machine learning in helping business organizations utilize data for their operations.
Dec 17, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Mohak Srivastava, Monica Dutta, Rahul Chatterjee and Anshul Saxena
Dec 17, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Mohak Srivastava, Monica Dutta, Rahul Chatterjee and Anshul Saxena
Gender: The blind spot of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for governments and citizens around the world, straining health systems, economies, and the very social fabric of nations. This blog explores four potential fallouts of COVID-19 that will create lasting socio-economic impact on women in India and other LMI countries.
Oct 5, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Rahul Chatterjee, Saloni Tandon and Sonal Jaitly
Oct 5, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Rahul Chatterjee, Saloni Tandon and Sonal Jaitly