Keynote Speaker 3: Krathika Parchani
Keynote Speaker 3: Krathika Parchani - Biometrics for global health and development
Numerous governments, businesses, and NGOs have committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “zero” targets, such as ending preventable deaths of newborns, and ending epidemics of a number of diseases. However, these targets are impossible to achieve if we have no idea who we have reached – and who we have missed. Compounded by poor infrastructure and weak national ID schemes, the inability to identify people costs lives, wastes resources, and prevents millions from escaping poverty. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that biometrics has huge potential to bridge this gap, building solid ID systems in short periods of time, improving distribution of medical interventions, reducing fraud, and simplifying monitoring and reporting processes. However, existing solutions often fall short of meeting the needs of the last mile - Simprints was built to address this gap, and provides digital ID solutions that are fit-for-purpose for these settings.
Krathika Parchani |  |
Krathika works as a partnerships manager at Simprints, where she is responsible for private sector partnerships and grant and innovation funding. Previously, as Analyst to the CEO at Simprints, Krathika helped establish Simprints' Board of Directors, and managed annual strategy reviews. She holds a BA (Hons.) in Economics from Ashoka University, Delhi.