Manager
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.
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
Philippines: Impact of COVID-19 on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
The extended community quarantine imposed by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 has adversely affected MSMEs in the Philippines. This report outlines the impact of the pandemic on MSMEs and provides recommendations for policymakers to support their recovery.
Aug 4, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Gayatri Pandey, Mohak Srivastava, Nitish Narain, Shobhit Mishra and Louie Cepe
Aug 4, 2020
Aakash Mehrotra, Gayatri Pandey, Mohak Srivastava, Nitish Narain, Shobhit Mishra and Louie Cepe
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CICO agents- Uganda report
This report explores the impact of COVID-19 on CICO agents in Uganda. It also highlights the strategies agents adopted to stay afloat during the pandemic and provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to support these agents better.
Jul 15, 2020
Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Anup Singh, Aakash Mehrotra and Mohak Srivastava
Jul 15, 2020
Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Anup Singh, Aakash Mehrotra and Mohak Srivastava