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AI Systems for Social Good Playbook

  • Source : ISDM
  • 24 March 2026
This playbook serves as your step-by-step guide for designing responsible AI and data analytics solutions in the social sector. It guides both technical and non-technical teams through real-world projects, from understanding your context to monitoring your model post-deployment. Rooted in field-tested work, it aims to make AI more accessible, ethical, and impactful.
  • Case Study

Powering Asia’s Philanthropy Boom: Why Investing in Talent and Capacity Matters Now

  • Source : WINGS
  • 3 February 2026
In this blog written for WINGS, ISDM — a WINGS member and contributor to the APAC working group — makes the case that Asia’s philanthropy boom can only deliver lasting impact if investment in talent and institutional capacity keeps pace with growing capital. Drawing on India’s experience, it highlights gaps in governance, compensation, and leadership pipelines, and calls on donors and ecosystem enablers to treat capacity-building as a core strategy, not an overhead.
  • Blog

Code4Change a great platform to learn, collaborate, and understand how technical solutions can contribute to public systems like justice delivery

  • Source : ISDM
  • 11 March 2026
Participants from the third edition of Code4Change reflect on working with real-world justice system challenges and what it took to build meaningful solutions The Final Showcase of the third edition of Code4Change was held on 16 January 2026 at the International Centre Goa (ICG). The hackathon, organised by the Centre for Data Science and Social Impact (CDSSI) at ISDM, in partnership with DAKSH and the Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action (CSSA), Goa Institute of Management, centred on a single…
  • Case Study

The AI Platform Ending Pay Uncertainty in the Informal Sector

  • Source : ISDM
Kanak AI uses machine learning on real-world training data to predict income potential and recommend targeted upskilling courses, empowering job seekers to negotiate fair wages and build stable careers. Azad Ahmad (25), works as a Data Entry Operator in Gurgaon. He earns enough to support his family and sponsor his parent’s healthcare needs.. But it wasn’t always so. In 2021, when he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, the COVID-19 pandemic was still raging, and he found himself navigating a tenuous…
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AI is helping resurrect and scale India’s traditional veterinary medicinal practices

  • Source : ISDM
  • 18 March 2026
This mobile chatbot empowers low-literacy farmers and healers by combining centuries-old ethnoveterinary knowledge with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and voice-enabled LLMs. The sun burned fiercely over the parched earth of Jambavanodai, a small village in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu. In front of a small mud house, a group of gathered villagers were watching a sick cow lying on the ground. The cow was frothing at the mouth, and its eyes were rolling back. The worried owner had called the village…
  • Case Study

How a tool is helping secure India’s vulnerable workers

  • Source : ISDM
  • 19 March 2026
This platform allows policymakers to test the cumulative impact of social security schemes, forecast household risk, and offer evidence-based policy interventions for millions of informal labourers. On 9th September 2021, delivery and ride-share workers stood together in a protest outside the Supreme Court of India. They were demanding official recognition, which is denied to them because they are contracted as ‘partners’ rather than employees. This excludes them from essential social security benefits such as health insurance, pensions, and maternity cover….
  • Media Article

Press release on Code4Change

  • Source : cdssi@isdm.org.in
  • 1 January 2026
The Centre for Data Science and Social Impact (CDSSI) at the Indian School of Development Management hosted the final showcase of Code4Change 2025–26, an annual social sector hackathon focused on applying data science to real-world challenges. Held at the International Centre Goa in Dona Paula, the full-day in-person event highlighted innovative, data-driven solutions aimed at improving access to justice in India.
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Press release on Code4Change

  • Source : Marksmen Daily
  • 1 January 2026
The Centre for Data Science and Social Impact (CDSSI) at the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) hosted the Final Showcase of Code4Change 2025-26, an annual social sector hackathon that brings together data talent to solve real-world challenges.
  • Media Article

Only 5% of SPOs in India Are ‘Beginners’ in Data Use, Shows ISDM CDSSI’s State of the Sector Report

  • Source : Marksmen Daily
  • 1 December 2025
This article in Marksmen Daily reports on the State of the Sector study by ISDM CDSSI, highlighting that while only 5.3 per cent of Indian Social Purpose Organisations are “Beginners”, a substantial 70 per cent remain at mid-level maturity. The text explores a critical capacity gap: although 66 per cent of organisations view data as essential, only 10 per cent possess dedicated in-house technical teams. It identifies that data use is currently skewed towards programme design and donor reporting rather than holistic organisational management. The authors advocate for a cultural transition, urging the sector to move from data for compliance to data for collaborative learning.
  • Case Study

The AI Platform Ending Pay Uncertainty in the Informal Sector

  • Source : WINGS
  • 1 March 2026
Kanak AI uses machine learning on real-world training data to predict income potential and recommend targeted upskilling courses, empowering job seekers to negotiate fair wages and build stable careers.
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