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" Responsible AI"
March 28, 2025 | Dvara Research

In this blog, we delve further to uncover the institutional, cultural, and evolutionary factors underpinning the challenges of engendering formal savings among LIHs.

March 21, 2025 | The Hindu Business Line

When AI-driven decisions are fair, respect privacy and are not opaque, they foster customer confidence

By Manvi Khanna, Anubhutie Singh
February 28, 2025 | Dvara Research

The response presents our thinking on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). It is divided into two parts. Part A summarises our key inputs which are also presented below in the form of this write-up. Part B provides a section-by-section paragraph-wise detailed feedback as per the Ministry’s Consultation Form requirements.

February 27, 2025 | The Hindu Business Line

Establishing principle-level guidance on operationalising Responsible AI would induce clarity and confidence

December 23, 2022 | Dvara Research

In this post, we present our findings from our literature review based on which we conducted the behavioural study.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad, Nishan Gantayat, Anushka Ashok
May 5, 2022 | Dvara Research

This post summarises how BNPL lending functions and highlights customer protection concerns that can put at risk the promise of better credit access.

By Srikara Prasad, Sarah Stanley
March 8, 2022 | News18

Even when women are not the primary borrowers of formal finance, studies note that they remain responsible for ensuring timely repayments.

By Anubhutie Singh
February 7, 2022 | Dvara Research

In our response, we commend and highlight the more risk sensitive methodology and the corresponding disclosures outlined in the draft guidelines. However, we also point out that not including conduct risk under operational risk is a major lacuna.

By Madhu Srinivas
December 13, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this post, we Introduce the Dvara-Haqdarshak Study on Exclusion in Government to Person Payments.

October 18, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, which is the second part of the two-part series, we studied the suitability formats of four life insurance companies and found many contrasts in the manner in which IRDAI’s suitability regulations of 2019 has been implemented.

By Deepti George, Anukriti Tiwari