August 18, 2025
Ducks, Geese, and Planes
If it wasn’t a birdstrike, what could cause a dual engine failure in today’s most technologically advanced and sophisticated aircraft?
July 16, 2025
Hiding in Plane Sight
AAIB released its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash. Media and aviation experts attributed the crash to pilot error or deliberate pilot action. We look at the data and state for a fact that it was not pilot error or action, and state the probable root cause…
May 30, 2025
Delay, Deny, Deduct
India spends about 3% of its GDP, or around $120 billion, on healthcare. There are approximately 400 million households in India, which averages to a household spend of ₹2000 per month on healthcare. About 70% of India’s population is covered by government insurance, social health schemes, and private insurance. That…
March 26, 2025
Bridging the DPI Divide
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is a transformational approach that has the potential to deliver population-scale economic and social progress, and ensure environmental equity. Using digital transformation, open data, and open APIs, DPI promises resilient communities, responsive governments, and an improved quality of life for all. The Digital India Stack has…
March 7, 2025
Non-Alignment, Bokaro, and the Cold War
I grew up in Bokaro when it was a part of Bihar. My father was an engineer at the steel plant, which was being built with Soviet assistance. Growing up, I learned words like Spasiba and Dasvidanya before I knew the equivalents in my native language, Malayalam. Russian families shared…
February 15, 2025
Gen Discord and the Future of Work
The future is agentic and automated, with custom AI agents that perform most job functions. How will AI and new technologies disrupt learning and the future of work? How do we create a workforce for this future?
December 9, 2024
The DPI Playbook — Data First, not Digital First
DPI has been a spectacular success in India. If there is one takeaway from India's DPI rollout, it is that physical equity must precede digital equity, and data equity must precede physical equity.
October 9, 2024
Enabling Population-Scale Services
By ensuring that APIs for authentication and authorization are provided as Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Digital Identity and Digital Registries are the foundational blocks for authentication and authorization.
August 19, 2024
Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The UN estimates the annual financing gap for achieving SDGs at $4.2 trillion. Even if we were to address this gap, the bigger issue is a lack of quality data on where and what investments will have the maximum impact.The Metraa Framework provides a 'data for development' infrastructure that leverages…
