[Reader-list] Invitation to a special lecture by Roopa Kudva on 16 November 2017 at CSDS

[Praveen Rai]

Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

invites you to a special lecture





*Innovation for the Next Half a Billion*

*by Roopa Kudva*





*Ravi Sundaram* will Chair

Thursday, 10 November 2017, 5.30 pm
                          *RSVP *

CSDS Seminar
Room,
                         Tel:
011 23942199

29 Rajpur Road, Delhi
110054
             Fax:
011 23943450

Please join us for tea at 5 pm
                                          email: jaya at csds.in





India is on the cusp of a new wave of entrepreneurship as several
technology enablers pick up speed, and populations that businesses could
not reach are now easily accessible. The key trends include mobile phone
penetration, greater internet usage, over 1 billion enrolments under
Aadhaar and low-cost infrastructure for digital payments. Thus 3 out of 4
adult Indians have a mobile phone and over 200 million people access the
internet through their mobile phones.



These trends will propel innovators to build businesses to improve the
lives of 100s of millions of Indians from low, lower and middle income
groups who can now access basic services like jobs, education, healthcare,
transportation, financial services and services for small businesses via
their mobile phones. The next half a billion Indians (NHB) who will come
online through their mobile phones would have a huge market potential, but
unlike the earlier users would be from different income profiles, education
levels, language skills, and social/cultural milieus. What will it take to
succeed with the new consumers? This lecture will focus on the barriers
that the NHB would face and perceive and the challenges in addressing
them.


*Roopa Kudva* is the Managing Director of Omidyar Network India Advisors,
where she leads overall investment strategy, operations and portfolio
development. Prior to joining Omidyar Network, she was the Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL for 23 years. She has served
as a member of several policy-level committees relating to the Indian
financial system, and is an independent Director on the board of Infosys
and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company. She is a Distinguished Alumnus of
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.



*Ravi Sundaram* is Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing
Societies, Delhi.

-- 
Praveen Rai
Academic Secretary
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi - 110054
Phone: 91-11-23942199
http://www.csds.in/praveen.rai