• Blog

Fellowship 2025 Final Showcase (Digital Open Solutions (DOS) for Social Impact)

  • Source : ISDM
  • 1 April 2025
The CDSSI Fellowship Brochure 2025 details the fellowship program at the Centre for Digital Social Sector Initiatives (CDSSI), highlighting its objective to support professionals in developing innovative Digital Open Solutions (DOS) that address critical challenges in the social sector. The brochure outlines the fellowship structure, including mentorship, capacity building, and collaboration opportunities. It emphasizes the final outputs of the fellowship—scalable and replicable DOS developed by the fellows—aimed at driving digital transformation and social impact in diverse thematic areas.
  • Case Study

Becoming educated

  • Source : ISDM
  • 1 June 2024
Documents scholarship initiatives at Farook College funded through alumni, faculty, and peer contributions to support underprivileged students, particularly girls, in accessing higher education. Shows self-sustaining mechanisms enabling competitive exam prep centers and placement support, fostering broader regional replication in Malabar.
  • Blog

Data Science in Real Estate: Roles, Benefits and Applications

  • Source : KnowledgeHut
  • 1 July 2025
This article explores the transformative impact of data science on the real estate sector. It highlights various roles for data scientists, emphasizing how their expertise can enhance decision-making. The benefits discussed include improved property valuation, optimized marketing strategies, and better risk assessment. Furthermore, the article delves into practical applications such as predictive analytics for market trends, personalized customer experiences, and efficient portfolio management, showcasing data science as a crucial tool for innovation and competitive advantage in real estate.
  • Blog

Data Science in Agriculture

  • Source : KnowledgeHut
  • 1 July 2025
This blog post from KnowledgeHut explores the transformative impact of data science on the agriculture sector. It discusses how data analytics, machine learning, and AI are being used to optimize crop yields, predict weather patterns, manage livestock, and enhance overall farm efficiency. The article highlights precision agriculture techniques that rely on data-driven insights to reduce waste, improve resource allocation, and increase profitability for farmers. It showcases the diverse applications of data science in addressing modern agricultural challenges and fostering sustainable practices.
  • Case Study

SEARCH – Building a scalable model in Public Health

  • Source : ISDM
  • 1 October 2021
This case-let brings together insights from the experience of Dr Abhay and Rani Bang in building a community-based public healthcare model using an empowerment approach. The case-let also provides the learners with an opportunity to identify key strategies that enable community-based public healthcare models to scale through government partnerships and institutionalisation. It presents an opportunity for learners to critically engage with strategies that embed themselves in the socio-political and economic constraints of the context.
  • Case Study

Cisco: Technology and Partnerships for Impact

  • Source : ISDM
  • 1 October 2021
This case-let highlights the work undertaken by Cisco in using technology to enable partnerships for social impact. The case-let engages with the efforts involved by a multinational technology company like Cisco to develop effective partnerships in the social sector and maximise the potential of technology in this space. The case-let explores Cisco’s partnerships with individual non-profit entities as well as its larger missions operating at the scale of nations. It also provides learners the opportunity to reflect on the role of technology in civil society.
  • Case Study

e-Choupal: Reinventing Market Linkages in Agriculture

  • Source : ISDM
  • 1 October 2021
This case-let presents the model by which ITC’s “e-Choupal” initiative helped redefine how farmers in some states in India could sell their produce at fair prices by eliminating intermediaries and added transportation costs. The model helped find a participatory approach to the many challenges that plague the agrarian sector in India. The case-let helps readers understand the context of the problem with evidence and provides details of the e-Choupal model and its positive impact on the farmer’s collective.
  • Paper / Report

The Power of Data for ImpactPart I: A study of data-driven practices & solutions in the social sector

  • Source : ISDM
  • 2 February 2024
This report, published by ISDM’s Centre for Data Science & Social Impact (CDSSI), examines how data-driven strategies are transforming the social sector. It explores best practices and real-world examples of data collection, management, analysis, and use by Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs). Highlighting gaps in awareness, capacity, and infrastructure, the report calls for SPOs to assess their data maturity using CDSSI’s Data Maturity Assessment framework. It advocates for targeted capacity building, ecosystem collaboration, and resource alignment to harness data for better decision-making and greater social impact.
  • Blog

Exploring Career Opportunities In The Social Sector

  • Source : ISDM
  • 4 March 2025
Exploring Career Opportunities in the Social Sector in IndiaThe social sector in India has undergone a significant transformation over the last few years, offering diverse and exciting career opportunities to individuals from various backgrounds. Whether you are a student or someone with prior work experience, the social sector presents numerous intriguing job roles that go beyond mere financial success. This article will shed light on the evolving landscape of the social sector and how pursuing a career in this field…
  • Blog

Learnings From The Past……. New Beginnings For The Future

  • Source : ISDM
  • 25 January 2024
As we get ready to welcome the Class of 2021-2022, here’s a sneak preview of the exciting curriculum that we have curated for our future cohorts of Development Management Professionals.The new academic year begins on July 26 ,2021 with a special Term Zero devoted to building a core skill set that is crucial to the initiation of the PGP DM courses in August, 2021. It includes sessions on Excel, Data Analysis, Communication, Learning via the Case Study Method with an…
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