Decoding Impact

Sattva Knowledge Institute•www.sattva.co.in

We often hear about the “obvious” solution to fix some of the most pressing development sector problems we face today, from poverty to nutrition, sustainability and more. Join us on Decoding Impact, with your host Rathish Balakrishnan, where we will be engaging with some of the most innovative thinkers and active doers in the social sector to understand why solving these problems is not so simple after all. If you are looking to deepen your knowledge and understand the realities and barriers to implementing and scaling solutions, join us here on Decoding Impact.

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Episodes

Decoding Financial Inclusion of MSMEs with Bindu Ananth

With the government push towards an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, India has signalled that MSME will drive employment opportunities in the country. By 2025, MSMEs are anticipated to account for 50% of the national GDP and 60% of exports. Despite governments' best efforts, more than 90% of MSMEs remain micro-enterprises. Instead of growing from small to large firms, MSMEs are stuck in the missing middle syndrome- perennially small and unable to grow. While the government has taken steps to address this ...

Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Decoding Sustainable Sourcing with Jagjeet Singh Kandal and Rijit Sengupta

As supply chains across the globe expand and evolve, the effect their operations have on the 3P’s - People, Planet and Profits, becomes increasingly complex. The effects on livelihoods are immense as more than 450 million people today are employed as a part of global supply chains, with a significant proportion of informal livelihoods depending on them. Supply chain operations result in over five times higher carbon emissions than the direct operations of corporations. More than 90% of biodivers...

Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 21 min

Decoding the Digital Ecosystem for Skilling & Livelihood (DESH) Stack with Satish Mohan

The skilling landscape in India continues to be plagued by issues such as supply and demand mismatch of skilled personnel, limited training facilities and a lack of effective credentialing systems. The Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood, or the DESH Stack e-portal has been launched with the aim to bring together stakeholders in one digital ecosystem, enabling easier discovery of opportunities and services and improving verification credibility through the digital skilling credentials ...

Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Decoding Women's Unpaid Labour with Dr Sona Mitra

According to PLFS 2021, a staggering 80% of women attribute their absence from the labour force to being engaged in domestic duties, making the unpaid labour economy a central theme for the discourse on women's economic participation in India. In this podcast episode, we try to understand the context of women and the unpaid labour economy in India, and why Indian women are less economically empowered than other countries in the Indian subcontinent. We deep-dive into the methods to understand it ...

Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 10 min

Decoding Gender Data Gaps with Mitali Nikore

Women account for 48% of India's population however, with only 19% of them being a part of the labour force, our country suffers from an alarmingly low female participation rate in the workforce. In this episode of Decoding Impact, we have Mitali Nikore as our guest speaker who is an economist, a gender policy specialist and the founder of the youth-led research group Nikore Associates. In our conversation with her, we elucidate why a country like India which is considered one of the potential s...

Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 23 min

Decoding the Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) with Hrushi Mehta

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) are creating 11.1 crore jobs in India, second only to the agricultural sector. However, they are plagued by an acute shortage of, and access to formal credit. For this episode of Decoding Impact we will explore a potential solution for this in the form of technology, specifically the opportunities presented by the Open Credit Enablement Network, or OCEN. We explore how it can enable access to credit for MSMEs on a national scale. We delve into the netwo...

Oct 02, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Decoding Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) with Emmanuel Murray

Small and marginal farmers comprise 85% of all the farmers in India. They are plagued by issues such as lack of bargaining power, credit taxes, unavailability of farm inputs and access to various government and private sector-led farm interventions. Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) have the potential to address these issues and make agriculture viable for Indian farmers. FPOs have been around for the last twenty years, and recently we have seen exponential growth in their numbers. However, th...

Oct 02, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Decoding the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) with Sujith Nair

India is estimated to have 6.3 crore micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that have the potential to flourish with innovative sales and marketing efforts, but are currently not part of the digital revolution. In this episode of Decoding Impact , we will explore an upcoming digital platform and protocol, the Open Network for Digital Commerce, or ONDC, and how it will enable access and supply of digital markets to many MSMEs in India. To shed light on ONDC we have with us Mr Sujith Nair, wh...

Oct 02, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Decoding Mental Health with Dr Soumitra Pathare

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the distress, isolation, fear and anxiety that followed, mental health and well-being is a critical conversation that has arisen. India faces an acute mental health crisis. Mental morbidity affects over 1 in 7 Indians during their lifetime, at least one in five adults suffers from depression at some point in their life, and suicides are on the rise, with 12 deaths by suicide per lakh population in 2021. It is crucial for us, now more than ever, that w...

Oct 02, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Decoding Biofortification with Ravinder Grover

Three billion people the world over are experiencing the phenomenon of 'hidden hunger'. In India, approximately 80% of the farmers are small-holder farmers. In today's episode of Decoding Impact , we discuss a solution that has the potential to transform both of these: biofortification. The UN recently declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, with the intent to build momentum for millet production and trade while heralding the benefits of nutrition, sustainability and economic empower...

Oct 02, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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