Senior Manager
Ravi Kant is a Senior Manager in MicroSave’s Inclusive Finance and Banking domain. He is a microfinance, SME and banking consultant with approximately 10 years of experience. He has been playing a key role in assisting MFIs and Banks streamline and strengthen their systems and processes, develop business plan and financial projections and roll out of various financial products.
The digital journey of Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women: a lesson for progressive MFIs in Bangladesh
The case study charts how Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women utilized technology to address the challenge of offering a customer-centric savings product for low-income segments while managing associated risks.
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
Digital initiatives by Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women
The case study charts the journey of women clients of Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women toward the adoption of voluntary savings products that ride on digital channels.
Sep 17, 2020
SHG awareness and SRLM employee training comic on coronavirus
MSC’s comic booklets on COVID-19 are illustrated narratives that build awareness among State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM) staff members and SHG members during the pandemic. These comics feature rich visual stories to generate awareness, influence precautionary behavior, and drive the safety of SRLM staff members and SHG members.
Jun 18, 2020
Jun 18, 2020
CICO agent training comic on Coronavirus
MSC’s comic booklets on COVID-19 are illustrated narratives that build awareness among CICO agents and their customers during the pandemic. These comics feature rich visual stories to generate awareness, influence precautionary behavior, and drive the safety of agents.
Jun 2, 2020
Graham Wright, Ravi Kant, Nancy Kiarie, Zeeshan Ali, Sharad Bangari and Anant Tiwari
Jun 2, 2020
Graham Wright, Ravi Kant, Nancy Kiarie, Zeeshan Ali, Sharad Bangari and Anant Tiwari
MFI client awareness comic on Coronavirus
MSC has developed a series of conversational comic books for microfinance institutions to create awareness, influence precautionary behavior, and drive safety of the weak and the vulnerable during COVID-19. These comics have been customized for different geographies. You can access the country specific versions below.
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
MFI employee training comic on Coronavirus
MSC developed a series of conversational comic books for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to inform their frontline staff members on safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. These comics have been customized for different geographies. You can access the country specific versions below.
Apr 23, 2020
Bangladeshi MFIs need to reinvent themselves for women: Why digitizing MFI operations is a good idea
We explore the importance of digitization for MFIs and the impact of microfinance in empowering women in Bangladesh through our concept of “Financial Services Space”.
Aug 26, 2019
Aug 26, 2019
Digital transformation of MFIs in Bangladesh
UNCDF SHIFT commissioned MSC to conduct a study on the status of digitization in the microfinance sector in Bangladesh. Along with the interventions that MFIs will undertake, the sector also needs policy-level changes that enable the digitization of microfinance institutions. This policy brief presents the challenges that the microfinance sector in Bangladesh faces and interventions that would create an enabling environment for digital transformation.
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019