Tag: Saborni Poddar

Between literacy and learning: Community engagement in public education – Part 2

Community engagement initiatives must also consider the socio-cultural backdrop and capacity of the community members. However, to state that all community engagement is positive is taking a rather simplistic view of the multi-faceted problem of rural education.

Oct 5, 2018

Neha Parakh and Saborni Poddar

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Between literacy and learning: Community engagement in public education – Part 1

For a child’s effective education, parents and the community as a whole play a key role. Studies have shown parental engagement improves a child’s achievements. While initiatives like Right to Education Act, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and mid-day meal programme nudge the children to attend school, but the learning outcome also depends on parents’ engagement at home. Read the article for more.

Oct 5, 2018

Neha Parakh and Saborni Poddar

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MI4ID Training – Saborni

Saborni Poddar works with Government to Social Impact (GSI) domain at MicroSave and has applied MI4ID approach on various projects like PMJDY, etc.

Mar 23, 2018

Saborni Poddar

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The Four Zones: A Missing Chapter in the Financial Inclusion Guidebook

The blog focuses on the four personas that represent the majority of the mass market that has been the target for financial inclusion in India

May 23, 2017

Akhand Tiwari and Saborni Poddar

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Digital wallet adoption for the oral segment in India: Concept development for MoWo (Mobile Wallet for Oral)

The objective of this research was to develop conceptual wireframe of a mobile wallet for ‘oral’ people to use. The user interface was developed keeping in mind the cognitive usability constraints of oral segment.

May 9, 2017

Akhand Tiwari, Saborni Poddar, Avantika Kushwaha, Richa Valechha and Vivek Anand

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Understanding the financial behaviour of the mass market: The key to financial inclusion

23This study is an extension of the work that MicroSave has been doing over the years on understanding how different types of people practice money management. It draws from industry literature on the subject, such as the financial diaries in Bangladesh, Kenya, Mexico, and Zambia.

May 1, 2017

Akhand Tiwari, Bhavana Srivastava and Saborni Poddar

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