Societal Platform

District

Bangalore

States

Karnataka

The Avanti platform serves as an accessible digital financial backbone, allowing users and partners to seamlessly create, curate, and deploy financial products tailored to their needs. Through a touchless, presenceless, and cashless interface, users can access a wide range of financial services, democratizing financial access for underserved communities. Leveraging hyperlocal product development with partner collaboration, Avanti offers unmatched access to cashflow-based customized products. It operates on a paperless model, ensuring a fully digital end-to-end journey for users. With presenceless capabilities, financial services can be delivered efficiently through local networks. Additionally, the platform is designed to accommodate various digital repayment methods, making transactions cashless. Avanti prioritizes sustainable impact, fostering hyperlocal livelihood product innovation through partner facilitation, resulting in scalable and cost-effective operations.

District

Bangalore

States

Karnataka

Established in 2005, Arghyam was created with the aim of promoting sustainable water and sanitation solutions. Initially, Arghyam collaborated with like-minded organizations to implement participatory groundwater management (PGWM) initiatives on the field. Over time, they endeavored to expand their impact by fostering collaboration networks. As their expertise and insights grew, they began sharing narratives of water management, research papers, reports, and open data, while also nurturing communities focused on water through the India Water Portal. Since its inception, the portal has evolved into a leading source of information in India regarding water, showcasing stories of transformation from grassroots efforts and spurring collective action. Despite successful interventions that enhanced water security on various scales, the challenge consistently outpaced the solutions. Arghyam's 13 years of ground-level experience revealed that communities are capable of managing their water reso