Research Reports

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is significantly reshaping the global landscape, especially in how we approach and manage modern challenges. AI's potential to revolutionize healthcare is substantial, offering improvements in clinical outcomes, enhancing patient experiences, and broadening access to quality care. This report delves into the AI ecosystem within India's healthcare sector, focusing on both its growth and integration. The study employs a dual methodology—combining primary research, where the team engages with twelve major hospitals and AI startups to gauge their level of AI adoption, awareness, and the challenges they encounter, with secondary research that examines the dynamic startup environment in India and the AI-driven healthcare solutions they provide. The findings reveal a significant variation in awareness and perceived risks of AI among respondents. Moreover, the study identifies major obstacles to widespread AI adoption, including the inadequate availability of comprehensive Electronic Health Records (EHRs), substantial infrastructure and development costs, and a shortage of professionals proficient in both healthcare and AI. The study provides directions to practitioners on the leading trends in this topic, academics for further research in this area and policy makers on the way forward for framing regulations and increase adoption.

The reach of mobile phones continues to grow year upon year. With more than 7.26 billion mobile phone users in the world in July 2022, i.e. 91.54% of the world’s population, now owns a mobile phone, with almost 6.648 billion people in the world being smartphone users [1]. This means 83.72% of the world’s population owns a smartphone. This percentage is up considerably from 2016 when there were only 3.668 billion mobile phone users i.e. 49% of the global population.

According to GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association) real-time intelligence data, in July 2022 there were over 10.57 billion mobile connections worldwide, which surpasses the current world population of 7.93 billion as per the UN digital analyst estimates. This means there are 2.64 billion more mobile connections than people in the world.

The report for the research study titled, ‘The Piracy-Malware Nexus in India – A Perceptions/Experience and Empirical Analysis’ was inaugurated on the 19th of March, 2024 at US Consulate, Mumbai by Shri Brijesh Singh Principal Secretary, Chief Minister Office, Government of Maharashtra, Mr. John Cabeca, US Intellectual Property Counsellor for South Asia and Neil Gane, Head of Regional Operations, Asia-Pacific Region, ACE.

The event was hosted by the ISB Institute of Data Science (IIDS) and ACE, in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

The report was co-authored by Prof. Manish Gangwar, Dr. Shruti Mantri and Prof. Paul Dr Paul Watters, Honorary Professor, Macquarie University and Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University.

The e-commerce festive season is now on with massive discounts been offered by the major players in the ecosystem. Amidst this shopping frenzy, ISB Institute of Data Science (IIDS) in collaboration with Ecom Express, launched a first-of-a-kind report providing deep insights into the shopping patterns for individuals across India. The involvement of a major delivery partner offers a breadth of coverage for the major e-commerce players in India. The report gives important insights on the consumer approach, trends and purchase patterns to e-shopping. We hope that this study will help our e-commerce partners and online retailers streamline their expansion strategy and understand the big differentiators in reach, data-led decisions, and identification of growth hotspots, cash handling, etc. as critical vectors for their success.