DPI Use Cases Explorer: Community Consultation and Preview | Event Highlights
DPI Use Cases: Community Consiltation and Preview Event Highlights Overview The DPI Use Cases Explorer Community Consultation and Preview Session was held virtually on Thursday, 9th October 2025. Hosted by Kalpa Impact, and supported by Co-Develop, the event brought together a diverse community of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers committed to advancing digital public infrastructure (DPI). […]
The Evolving Landscape of Digital Public Infrastructure
The Evolving Landscape of Digital Public Infrastructure By Sushant Kumar. (This article first appeared in the DPI Exemplar stories: Book of case studies, supported by Co-Develop, in November 2024) What is the difference between traditional digitisation, and taking a DPI approach to digitisation? In other words, what makes something DPI? This is an important distinction […]
Beyond The Backlash: Reimagining ESG’s role In Impact
Beyond The Backlash: Reimagining ESG’s role In Impact By Sushant Kumar, and Jennifer Francis Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG, refers to a set of dimensions through which investors and stakeholders assess how an organisation manages non-financial risks and its societal impact. The acronym gained traction in 2004 when the UN’s Who Cares Wins report […]
Mobility In Urban India | Event Highlights
Mobility In Urban India: Event Highlights An evening of short film screenings and dialogue https://youtu.be/L7ALnvFaKWc?si=QT-e4oiBCwETeKI- Kalpa Impact, in partnership with the Charles Correa Foundation, and other partners—Raahgiri Foundation, the Sustainable Mobility Network, and Museo Camera, hosted Mobility in Urban India—an evening of short film screenings and fireside chats that spotlighted the infrastructure, design, and financing […]
Bengaluru and Mumbai Metro networks need to be paired with credible LEZ plans
Bengaluru and Mumbai Metro networks need to be paired with credible Low Emission Zones (LEZ) plans By Sushant Kumar, and Pranjal Kothawade If you have driven in London, you may be familiar with the terms – Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), and Congestion Charge. Effectively, if you drive in the red area marked on the […]
Shaping Tomorrow’s Classrooms: Education’s Tryst with AI
Shaping Tomorrow’s Classrooms: Education’s Tryst with AI By Sushant Kumar When computers were introduced in my school, they were placed in special rooms—air-conditioned “Computer Labs”. We had to leave our footwear outside, before we entered, reminding us that this was a special and a sacred space, where miracles happened. The machines had bulky CRT screens, […]
5 Headlines: America’s AI Action Plan
5 Headlines: America’s AI Action Plan By Sushant Kumar, and Purva Agrawal. America’s AI Action Plan aims to position the U.S. as the global leader in AI. Earlier this year, when DeepSeek-R1—an open-source LLM—was launched from China, many watchers called it America’s “AI Sputnik moment”. DeepSeek-R1 became the most-liked model of all time on […]
