The Challenge Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state with over 200 million residents, faces significant challenges in early childhood education. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme operates through a network of over 100,000 Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) across the state, serving millions of children aged 3-6 years. UNICEF’s Office for Uttar Pradesh identified two critical…
The Challenge The scale and complexity of the HBCC WASH Response programme presented significant operational challenges: Vast Geographic Coverage: The programme operated across 6 states, 18 districts, 34 blocks, and 1,166 villages, making manual field monitoring virtually impossible. Real-Time Tracking of Seven Key Indicators: AKF needed to track seven critical WASH indicators in real time:…
The Challenge Deloitte India’s cybersecurity practice needed to keep its clients and internal leadership informed about the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber threats. The CxOs, security analysts, and threat intelligence personnel across Deloitte’s client organizations and internal teams required timely, curated, and actionable information about security vulnerabilities, emerging attack vectors, and industry-specific threat advisories. The…
The Challenge Following the mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) identified a critical need to monitor Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs) — medical conditions potentially associated with vaccines manufactured on new or rarely used platforms. JSIPL, through its Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU), was commissioned…
The Challenge Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented need for Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) and Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) initiatives across Gujarat. The situation was exacerbated by: Vaccination Drive and Second Wave: The 2021 vaccination campaign followed by the devastating second wave demanded renewed messaging across health, nutrition,…
The Challenge Jharkhand, one of India’s most health-challenged states, faces persistently high neonatal mortality rates driven by inadequate postnatal care, limited health worker capacity, and fragmented data systems. The Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC) programme, a critical Government of India initiative, deploys community health workers known as Sahiyas (ASHAs) to conduct home visits for newborns…
The Challenge India achieved significant progress under the Swachh Bharat Mission Phase 1 (2014-2019) in increasing access to toilet facilities. However, safe management of faecal sludge generated in toilets remained a critical issue, especially given that only 40% of urban India is connected to sewer networks, with approximately 60% of toilets relying on on-site sanitation…
The Challenge India had made considerable gains in ensuring children’s access to education through the government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Samagra Shiksha programme, and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. However, an estimated 6 million children were still out of school as of 2014, with 75% concentrated in six states: Uttar…
The Challenge Bihar has one of the highest populations of out-of-school children in India, with significant numbers concentrated in rural and hard-to-reach habitations. The existing paper-based tracking mechanisms were ineffective at scale, making it nearly impossible to: Map and identify out-of-school children across 28,000+ habitations in real time Track the reintegration journey of each child…
The Challenge Conducting a competency assessment for 120,000 teachers across a geographically diverse state like Jharkhand presented formidable challenges: Massive Scale: Simultaneously administering tests to 120,000 teachers across 24 districts, many in remote and tribal areas with limited infrastructure Multiple Test Versions: Managing 63 distinct test versions across 7 subject areas (Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science,…
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