{"id":602169,"date":"2019-08-20T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T04:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=602169"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:21:24","slug":"scai","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/collaboration\/scai\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Societal impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"SCAI header - photo a a group of women sitting on the floor working on their phones\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-1600x600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/08\/SCAI-header_09-2021_1920x720-240x90.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"center-for-societal-impact-through-cloud-and-artificial-intelligence-scai\">Center for Societal impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Positively impacting society through technology<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"focus-on-deep-collaborations-that-make-large-scale-impact-on-society\">Focus on deep collaborations that make large-scale impact on society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Microsoft Research India\u2019s Center for Societal Impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) is focused on creating, nurturing, validating, and deploying technologies that will have a large-scale impact on society. The center is dedicated to establishing deep and impactful collaborations with academic groups, startups, NGOs, and other organizations interested in positively impacting society through technology. We provide our collaborators with access to researchers, technologies, expertise, and resources from Microsoft Research, as well as other groups within the company such as Microsoft for Startups. We aspire to identify graduation paths for our projects so they can become self-sustaining initiatives. The collaborations fall into two types those that originate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From research projects within MSR and are deployed at scale with collaborators, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With external collaborators to identify and develop solutions for problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SCAI - Societal impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft Research India\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l0lZovZbmdE?feature=oembed&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples-of-our-research-in-action\">Examples of our research in action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in 2005, Microsoft Research India has conducted research in technologies that can empower underserved communities around the world through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/theme\/technology-and-empowerment\/\">Technology and Empowerment<\/a> (TEM) group. This work has led to high-impact projects such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/99dots\/\">99DOTS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/digital-green-participatory-video-for-agricultural-extension\/\">Digital Green<\/a> that have \u201cgraduated\u201d into independent organizations that are achieving global scale and impact, as well as projects such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/farmbeats-improving-farm-productivity-using-data-driven-agriculture\/\">FarmBeats<\/a> that have transitioned into new businesses for Microsoft. SCAI complements and builds on this long history of societal impact through technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"current-collaborations\">Current collaborations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We work in collaboration with a host of organizations to leverage Microsoft Research technologies and expertise to design, develop, and validate a range of potentially viable solutions, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:32px; padding-top:32px\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row wp-block-msr-immersive-section\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"safe-and-sustainable-cities\">Safe and sustainable cities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/hams\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjHAMS_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety (HAMS) - man behind the wheel of a car\" class=\"wp-image-765346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjHAMS_480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjHAMS_480x270-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjHAMS_480x270-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjHAMS_480x270-240x135.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"harnessing-automobile-for-safety-hams\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/hams\/\">Harnessing AutoMobile for Safety (HAMS)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A driver training system that monitors the state of the driver and vehicle environment in order to make the roads safer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/dependableiot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/12\/project-loki_480x280.jpg\" alt=\"Communication network with multichannel omni channel of Oil and gas refinery at twilight - Petrochemical factory, Technology Smart City with Internet of Things concept\" class=\"wp-image-626136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/12\/project-loki_480x280.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/12\/project-loki_480x280-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dependable-iot-diot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/dependableiot\/\">Dependable IoT (DIot)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Low-cost air pollution sensors integrated with DIoT technology to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and fidelity of sensor data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/drive-by-air-pollution-sensing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjDrive-by-Air-Pollution-Sensing_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Drive-by Air Pollution Sensing - taxis enabled with sensing devices\" class=\"wp-image-765343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjDrive-by-Air-Pollution-Sensing_480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjDrive-by-Air-Pollution-Sensing_480x270-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjDrive-by-Air-Pollution-Sensing_480x270-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjDrive-by-Air-Pollution-Sensing_480x270-240x135.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"drive-by-air-pollution-sensing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/drive-by-air-pollution-sensing\/\">Drive-by Air Pollution Sensing<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Retro-fitting Ola cabs with sensors to enable a wider collection of granular spatiotemporal pollution data across Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"including-and-empowering-the-excluded\">Including and empowering the excluded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/ludicdesign\/\"><strong>Ludic Design for Accessibility<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 In collaboration with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/visionempowertrust.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision Empower<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, we are helping develop computational thinking among blind children through the approach of Ludic design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/interactive-neural-machine-translation-inmt\/\"><strong>Interactive Neural Machine Translation<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 We are collaborating with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/prathambooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pratham Books<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to develop an assisted translation system to help translate storybooks into multiple languages, enabling children from different vernacular backgrounds to read and learn from the storybooks. We have also been working with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translators Without Borders<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to enable English-Trigrinya translation as a part of Gamayun, a language equality initiative.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/learn2earn\/\"><strong>Learn2Earn<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 In collaboration with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/voicedeck.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voicedeck Technologies<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, we have been developing Learn2Earn, a program that reinforces education and rewards learning through financial incentives. The technology has been used to spread awareness regarding issues ranging from Forest Rights Act, to voter-awareness, to HIV\/AIDS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-karya\/\"><strong>Project Karya<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 We have been working with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/navanatech.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navana Tech<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and Karya Inc to collect speech data and create training datasets for 10 low-resource Indic languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjLudicDesign_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Ludic Design - woman sitting on the floor with two children working on a project\" class=\"wp-image-765358 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjLudicDesign_480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjLudicDesign_480x270-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjLudicDesign_480x270-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjLudicDesign_480x270-240x135.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c2cdec;grid-template-columns:40% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjMishtu_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Project Mishtu - group of people talking\" class=\"wp-image-765361 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjMishtu_480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjMishtu_480x270-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjMishtu_480x270-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ProjMishtu_480x270-240x135.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"improving-connectivity-for-the-next-billion\">Improving connectivity for the next billion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project Mishtu<\/strong> \u2013 In collaboration with a media and a satellite partner, we have been developing a novel networking infrastructure to enable access to media content for communities in areas with low or no network connectivity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"improving-efficacy-of-the-philanthropic-efforts\">Improving efficacy of the philanthropic efforts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-vishrambh\/\"><strong>Project Vishrambh<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 In collaboration with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/childfundindia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Fund India<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, we have been working to create a platform that can help improve the overall efficacy and transparency within the philanthropic sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a hand dropping a coin into a donation box\" class=\"wp-image-775744 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjVishrmabh_1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f4e3ff;grid-template-columns:40% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a woman meditating sitting with her eyes closed in a sunlit room\" class=\"wp-image-775741 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/09\/ProjMoments-of-Change-mental-wellbeing-v2_1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wellness\">Wellness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/moments-of-change\/\"><strong>Moments of Change<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 We have been working in collaboration with the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/nimhans.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS)<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to develop an application to improve access to mental health care and services.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3d0b2600987b153a18f00b3a758b5038\"><a data-bi-type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#!collaborators\">Learn about our collaborators<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"opportunities\">Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/us\/en\/job\/629816\/SCAI-Centre-Fellow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SCAI Fellow<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> program exposes young, bright talent to real-world approaches to identifying, designing, and developing solutions at scale to address societal problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Please get in touch for more information or to explore potential collaboration opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--8abdd77dd02c2123efb92c4488656234\"><a data-bi-type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:msriscai@microsoft.com\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-collaborators\">Our collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been working in collaboration with a host of organizations to leverage Microsoft Research technologies and expertise to design, develop, and validate a range of potentially viable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgnetswara.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/CGNetSwara_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"CGNet swara logo\" class=\"wp-image-761014 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/CGNetSwara_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/CGNetSwara_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgnetswara.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CGNet Swara<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CGnet Swara is an Indian voice-based online portal that allows people in the forests of Chhattisgarh to report local news in Gondi by making a phone call. They have been working in collaboration with the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INMT<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> team to build a Hindi-Gondi translation system that will allow them to make Hindi content available to the Gondi-speaking community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/mint-lounge\/features\/now-a-unique-machine-translation-tool-from-hindi-to-gondi-11597386377981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Now a unique machine translation tool from Hindi to Gondi<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/childfundindia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/ChildFundIndia_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Child Fund India logo\" class=\"wp-image-761017 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/ChildFundIndia_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/ChildFundIndia_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/childfundindia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Child Fund India<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ChildFund is an NGO that provides comprehensive support to underprivileged and underserved children from birth until they reach 24 years of age through holistic interventions\u2014integrating health, nutrition, gender, education, livelihoods, and child protection. We have been working in partnership with Child Fund India on Project Vishrambh to develop a platform that can help improve efficacy and transparency within the philanthropic sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/idtr.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/IDTR_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"IDTR logo\" class=\"wp-image-761020 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/IDTR_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/IDTR_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/idtr.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Institute of Driving and Traffic Research<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Driving & Traffic Research (IDTR) is a joint venture between Transport department and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. The focus of the IDTR is to train passenger and commercial vehicle drivers with the help of world-class training infrastructure and qualified trainers. We have been working in collaboration with IDTR on the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/hams\/\">Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety (HAMS)<\/a> to pilot the technology for driver training. HAMS helps monitor the state of the driver and how the vehicle is being driven in the context o f a road environment that the vehicle is in.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/projectkarya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/KaryaInc_300x200.png\" alt=\"Karya Inc\" class=\"wp-image-768226 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/KaryaInc_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/KaryaInc_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/projectkarya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Karya Inc<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karya Inc aims to provide dignified work to people in rural India, wherever they are. As the world moves toward a digital future, there is an ever-growing amount of digital work. Their goal is to make this abundance of digital work available and accessible to everyone, including people in remote rural communities. Karya Inc has been working in collaboration to leverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-karya\/\">Project Karya\u2019s<\/a> crowdsourcing platform to provide work and instructions in the regional language of the users. The Karya crowdsourcing platform allows anyone with a smartphone including those with no data connectivity to participate on the platform, receive work, and get paid.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/nimhans.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NIMHANS_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"NIMHANS logo\" class=\"wp-image-761026 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NIMHANS_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NIMHANS_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/nimhans.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>National Institute of Mental Health and Sciences<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences is the apex center for mental health and neuroscience education in the country. In collaboration with NIMHANS, we developed an app that can help people better understand their distress and connect them to mental health professionals for support.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/navanatech.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NavanaTech_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Navana Tech logo\" class=\"wp-image-761023 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NavanaTech_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NavanaTech_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/navanatech.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Navana Tech<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navana Tech enables last-mile access of digital services to low-literate smartphone users through the use of text-free, image-based and voice-assisted technologies and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navana Tech has been working closely with researchers at Microsoft Research India. Navana have been leveraging the lab\u2019s HCI expertise to design their product, Zabaan, a software development kit that enables applications to have voice annotations in any language. They have also leveraged the lab&#8217;s language model expertise to develop their models and have been using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-karya\/\">Project Karya\u2019s<\/a> crowdsourcing platform to collect speech data to develop language models for different Indic languages.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/ola.institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/OlaMobilityInstitute_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Ola Mobility Institute logo\" class=\"wp-image-765994 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/OlaMobilityInstitute_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/OlaMobilityInstitute_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/ola.institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ola&nbsp;Mobility Institute<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ola is India\u2019s largest mobility platform, offering mobility solutions by connecting customers to drivers and a wide range of vehicles across bikes, auto-rickshaws, metered taxis, and cabs. In collaboration with Ola, we have worked on a drive-by sensing project to collect particulate matter data across Delhi using Ola cabs mounted with sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/can-hyper-local-air-quality-data-ensure-a-blue-sky-future-for-delhi\/\">Can hyper local air-quality data ensure a \u2018Blue Sky\u2019 future for Delhi?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/ola-microsoft-partner-to-collect-air-quality-data-in-delhi-ncr\/\">Ola, Microsoft partner to collect air quality data in Delhi-NCR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/prathambooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/PrathamBooks_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Pratham Books logo\" class=\"wp-image-761029 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/PrathamBooks_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/PrathamBooks_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/prathambooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pratham Books<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pratham Books is a not-for-profit publisher that offers a range of story books for children at affordable prices and in multiple Indian languages. We have been working with Pratham Books to assist and improve the speed of the translation of children\u2019s story books through the use of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interactive Neural Machine Translation (INMT)<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> tool developed at the lab.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/atmos.urbansciences.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/RespirerLivingSciences_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Respirer Living Sciences logo\" class=\"wp-image-761032 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/RespirerLivingSciences_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/RespirerLivingSciences_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/atmos.urbansciences.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Respirer Living Sciences<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respirer Living Sciences is a climate science startup that builds low-cost, sensor-based air quality monitoring devices and uses IoT and big data to provide real-time air quality data analytics. Respirer has been working in collaboration with researchers at Microsoft Research India to leverage their expertise to ensure high fidelity sensor data capture, develop machine learning models, and visualize the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/democratizing-air-pollution-data-so-india-can-clear-its-cities-of-choking-smog\/\">Democratizing air pollution data so India can clear its cities of choking smog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threewheelsunited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ThreeWheelsUnited_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Three Wheeled United logo\" class=\"wp-image-765997 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ThreeWheelsUnited_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ThreeWheelsUnited_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><strong><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threewheelsunited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Three Wheels United<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Wheels United (TWU) is a global tech-enhanced financier for light electric vehicles in emerging markets, starting with the auto rickshaws in India. TWU combines tailored financing solutions with innovative loan management and asset management technology to offer a competitive loan, removing barriers for uptake, while de-risking their lending. Researchers at Microsoft have been working with TWU to improve the financial inclusion of these communities and provide design input to TWU for their products and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have also worked with TWU on a project called Turn2Earn that incentivizes auto-drivers to take specific routes to collect ground-level pollution data. Through this partnership we have identified low-cost methods to collect pollution data while providing the auto-drivers an additional source of income.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/TranslatorsWithoutBorders_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Translators without Borders logo\" class=\"wp-image-768220 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/TranslatorsWithoutBorders_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/TranslatorsWithoutBorders_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Translators without Borders<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translators without Borders (TwB) is a non-profit organization set up to provide translation services in the areas of crisis relief, health, and education for humanitarian non-profits. TwB has been working on providing Congolese Swahili and French translations to make health information available to the people of the strife-ridden region in an appropriate language. TwB is using <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INMT<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for their translation efforts to create appropriate healthcare information in Congolese Swahili.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/visionempowertrust.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/VisionEmpower_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Vision Empower logo\" class=\"wp-image-766000 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/VisionEmpower_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/VisionEmpower_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/visionempowertrust.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Vision Empower<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vision Empower (VE) is a not-for-profit enterprise which empowers children with visual impairment through inclusive education. VE, in collaboration with Microsoft Research, has been working on designing methods to develop computational thinking in visually impaired children using play based or Ludic design approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/voicedeck.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/VoiceDeck_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Voice Deck logo\" class=\"wp-image-761035 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/VoiceDeck_logo_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/VoiceDeck_logo_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/voicedeck.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Voicedeck Technologies<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voicedeck Technologies is a company that seeks to develop end-to-end technologies to help the lives of the poorest people around the world. Voicedeck\u2019s current offerings is a service that enables access to information to people in rural and remote areas through IVR systems and WhatsApp bots and provides incentives to learn. This service was built on top of Learn2Earn, a solution developed and open sourced by researchers at Microsoft Research India. Our researchers continue to closely collaborate with and advise the Voicedeck team on developing their technology and services.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"strategic-partnerships\">Strategic partnerships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-gray-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accenture.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/Accenture_Logo_Black_Purple_RGB_300x200.png\" alt=\"Accenture logo\" class=\"wp-image-768223 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/Accenture_Logo_Black_Purple_RGB_300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/Accenture_Logo_Black_Purple_RGB_300x200-240x160.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accenture.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Accenture<\/strong><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with Accenture, we have been successfully running the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/growthenabler.com\/project-amplify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amplify Program<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to help deepen the reach of entrepreneurs and startups that are focused on social impact and sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSR India&#8217;s Center for Societal impact through Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) focuses on creating, nurturing and deploying technologies that will have large scale impact on society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":781627,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_group_start":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556,13562,13559,13547,13568],"msr-group-type":[243721],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-602169","msr-group","type-msr-group","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-computer-vision","msr-research-area-social-sciences","msr-research-area-systems-and-networking","msr-research-area-technology-for-emerging-markets","msr-group-type-collaboration","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_group_start":"","msr_detailed_description":"","msr_further_details":"","msr_hero_images":[],"msr_research_lab":[199562],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Sriram Rajamani","user_id":33711,"people_section":"Section name 1","alias":"sriram"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Venkat Padmanabhan","user_id":33180,"people_section":"Section name 1","alias":"padmanab"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"B. 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They have been working in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INMT<\/a> team to build a Hindi-Gondi translation system that will allow them to make Hindi content available to the Gondi-speaking community.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/mint-lounge\/features\/now-a-unique-machine-translation-tool-from-hindi-to-gondi-11597386377981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now a unique machine translation tool from Hindi to Gondi<\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/childfundindia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/ChildFundIndia_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Child Fund India logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/childfundindia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Child Fund India<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nChildFund is an NGO that provides comprehensive support to underprivileged and underserved children from birth until they reach 24 years of age through holistic interventions\u2014integrating health, nutrition, gender, education, livelihoods, and child protection. We have been working in partnership with Child Fund India on Project Vishrambh to develop a platform that can help improve efficacy and transparency within the philanthropic sector.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/idtr.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/IDTR_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"IDTR logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/idtr.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Institute of Driving and Traffic Research<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe Institute of Driving &amp; Traffic Research (IDTR) is a joint venture between Transport department and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. The focus of the IDTR is to train passenger and commercial vehicle drivers with the help of world-class training infrastructure and qualified trainers. We have been working in collaboration with IDTR on the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/hams\/\">Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety (HAMS)<\/a> to pilot the technology for driver training. HAMS helps monitor the state of the driver and how the vehicle is being driven in the context o f a road environment that the vehicle is in.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectkarya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-768226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/KaryaInc_300x200.png\" alt=\"Karya Inc\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectkarya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Karya Inc<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nKarya Inc aims to provide dignified work to people in rural India, wherever they are. As the world moves toward a digital future, there is an ever-growing amount of digital work. 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In collaboration with NIMHANS, we developed an app that can help people better understand their distress and connect them to mental health professionals for support.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/navanatech.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/NavanaTech_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Navana Tech logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/navanatech.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Navana Tech<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nNavana Tech enables last-mile access of digital services to low-literate smartphone users through the use of text-free, image-based and voice-assisted technologies and products.\r\n\r\nNavana Tech has been working closely with researchers at Microsoft Research India. Navana have been leveraging the lab\u2019s HCI expertise to design their product, Zabaan, a software development kit that enables applications to have voice annotations in any language. They have also leveraged the lab's language model expertise to develop their models and have been using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-karya\/\">Project Karya\u2019s<\/a> crowdsourcing platform to collect speech data to develop language models for different Indic languages.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ola.institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-765994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/OlaMobilityInstitute_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Ola Mobility Institute logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ola.institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ola\u00a0Mobility Institute<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nOla is India\u2019s largest mobility platform, offering mobility solutions by connecting customers to drivers and a wide range of vehicles across bikes, auto-rickshaws, metered taxis, and cabs. In collaboration with Ola, we have worked on a drive-by sensing project to collect particulate matter data across Delhi using Ola cabs mounted with sensors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/can-hyper-local-air-quality-data-ensure-a-blue-sky-future-for-delhi\/\">Can hyper local air-quality data ensure a \u2018Blue Sky\u2019 future for Delhi?<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/ola-microsoft-partner-to-collect-air-quality-data-in-delhi-ncr\/\">Ola, Microsoft partner to collect air quality data in Delhi-NCR<\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prathambooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/PrathamBooks_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Pratham Books logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prathambooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pratham Books<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nPratham Books is a not-for-profit publisher that offers a range of story books for children at affordable prices and in multiple Indian languages. We have been working with Pratham Books to assist and improve the speed of the translation of children\u2019s story books through the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Neural Machine Translation (INMT)<\/a> tool developed at the lab.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atmos.urbansciences.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/RespirerLivingSciences_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Respirer Living Sciences logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atmos.urbansciences.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Respirer Living Sciences<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nRespirer Living Sciences is a climate science startup that builds low-cost, sensor-based air quality monitoring devices and uses IoT and big data to provide real-time air quality data analytics. Respirer has been working in collaboration with researchers at Microsoft Research India to leverage their expertise to ensure high fidelity sensor data capture, develop machine learning models, and visualize the data.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/news-and-awards\/democratizing-air-pollution-data-so-india-can-clear-its-cities-of-choking-smog\/\">Democratizing air pollution data so India can clear its cities of choking smog<\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threewheelsunited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-765997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/ThreeWheelsUnited_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Three Wheeled United logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threewheelsunited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Three Wheels United<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nThree Wheels United (TWU) is a global tech-enhanced financier for light electric vehicles in emerging markets, starting with the auto rickshaws in India. TWU combines tailored financing solutions with innovative loan management and asset management technology to offer a competitive loan, removing barriers for uptake, while de-risking their lending. Researchers at Microsoft have been working with TWU to improve the financial inclusion of these communities and provide design input to TWU for their products and service.\r\n\r\nWe have also worked with TWU on a project called Turn2Earn that incentivizes auto-drivers to take specific routes to collect ground-level pollution data. Through this partnership we have identified low-cost methods to collect pollution data while providing the auto-drivers an additional source of income.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-768220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/TranslatorsWithoutBorders_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Translators without Borders logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Translators without Borders<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nTranslators without Borders (TwB) is a non-profit organization set up to provide translation services in the areas of crisis relief, health, and education for humanitarian non-profits. TwB has been working on providing Congolese Swahili and French translations to make health information available to the people of the strife-ridden region in an appropriate language. TwB is using <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/inmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INMT<\/a> for their translation efforts to create appropriate healthcare information in Congolese Swahili.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visionempowertrust.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-766000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/VisionEmpower_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Vision Empower logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visionempowertrust.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vision Empower<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nVision Empower (VE) is a not-for-profit enterprise which empowers children with visual impairment through inclusive education. VE, in collaboration with Microsoft Research, has been working on designing methods to develop computational thinking in visually impaired children using play based or Ludic design approaches.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/voicedeck.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-761035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/07\/VoiceDeck_logo_300x200.png\" alt=\"Voice Deck logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/voicedeck.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Voicedeck Technologies<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nVoicedeck Technologies is a company that seeks to develop end-to-end technologies to help the lives of the poorest people around the world. Voicedeck\u2019s current offerings is a service that enables access to information to people in rural and remote areas through IVR systems and WhatsApp bots and provides incentives to learn. This service was built on top of Learn2Earn, a solution developed and open sourced by researchers at Microsoft Research India. Our researchers continue to closely collaborate with and advise the Voicedeck team on developing their technology and services.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row][column class=\"m-col-20-24\"]\r\n<h2>Strategic partnerships<\/h2>\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n[row]\r\n[column class=\"m-col-8-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accenture.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-768223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/08\/Accenture_Logo_Black_Purple_RGB_300x200.png\" alt=\"Accenture logo\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/column] [column class=\"m-col-16-24\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accenture.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Accenture<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIn partnership with Accenture, we have been successfully running the <a href=\"https:\/\/growthenabler.com\/project-amplify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amplify Program<\/a> to help deepen the reach of entrepreneurs and startups that are focused on social impact and sustainability.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[\/column]\r\n[\/row]"}],"msr_impact_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-group\/602169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-group"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-group"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-group\/602169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043502,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-group\/602169\/revisions\/1043502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=602169"},{"taxonomy":"msr-group-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-group-type?post=602169"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=602169"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=602169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}