India Accelerator’s Portfolio Startup 3iology to Digitize 10,800 Hindu Temples in 100 Days

3iology Technologies will onboard qualifying temples all over India onto its software 3ioNetra to embark on the journey to digitize 10800 temples in such a short period of time.

3iology Technologies – a leading temple management software company backed by India Accelerator has started inviting applications for the free digitization of 10800 Hindu temples within 100 days. The initiative is sponsored by several corporates and religious bodies to onboard qualifying temples all over India to 3iology’s software 3ioNetra at no cost for the first year.

Philanthropy is rooted in India’s culture and the majority of devotees make donations from Rs. 10 to big-ticket offerings. Though technology has taken over the lead in almost every sector, temples still lag behind in systematic developments, finance and asset management. Hence, IA-backed 3iology Technologies has undertaken the initiative to revolutionize the management of temples across the country to simplify the lives of devotees as well as trustees.

Commenting on 3iology inviting the applications, Deepak Nagpal, Managing Partner at India Accelerator said, “Inflow of donations in religious places has only increased for the upliftment of temple, its surroundings and feeding the underprivileged. Even when the donations are made in good faith, transparency and efficiency in management remain a major concern. 3iology Technologies’ initiative to revolutionize temple management scenario will help temples in their seva and donations bookings, generating receipts and getting reports easily.”

“3ioNetra, a portfolio startup of India Accelerator, is an integration of modern excellence and traditional insights which help transform today’s religious needs of institutions, trusts and individuals. They develop products that are one-stop solutions that give power to governance, create shared accountability and enable strong lifetime connections with devotees. Traditionalists have been reluctant to adopt & invest in Technology to manage Temple operations due to the high cost of deployment and hence 3ioNetra is offering a free Subscription –based Temple ERP and Website with absolutely no cost to the Temple," he added.

“We are thrilled to have embarked on this journey of digitizing 10800 temples in such a short period of time. Our goal is to help temples across the country operate more efficiently and provide devotees with a modern and highly secure, technology-driven experience. We believe that our software will change the way temple management teams operate and manage their temples on one side while also making the devotees' experience better.” said Mr. Sharad Kamath, Founder - 3iology Technologies.

Founded in 2020, 3ioNetra - subscription-based Temple Management and Resource Planning (TMRP) Software has made it easier for temple management trustees to streamline their operations and engage with devotees more effectively. The comprehensive software suite includes features such as Seva, Donation management, Accounting with Tally integration, Devotee Management through Devotee App, Hall Bookings, Room Bookings, Online Bookings for Temple visits, Inventory / Asset Management, Land/Rent Management, Jewellery Management and more.

The digitization of the Hindu temples will enable devotees to connect with their spiritual roots in a more meaningful way as temple management committees will now be able to provide devotees with a seamless experience, making temple visits more convenient and enjoyable.

3iology Technologies has been providing digital solutions for temple management since 2017 and so far, it is the largest provider in the market with over 360+ temples and charitable trusts digitized. The tech-led temple management company is known for its highly secure digital payments solutions integrated with its flagship product – 3ioNetra, making it a sought-after choice for temple management committees and trustees.

Interested Temple Management committees can nominate their temples for the free billing software by contacting us directly on WhatsApp 7738693331 or register on www.3ioNetra.in

About India Accelerator

India Accelerator is the first GAN partnered accelerator in India, endeavoring to provide 360-degrees cross-functional mentorship, business growth and funding to entrepreneurs. Government of India has recognised India Accelerator (IA) as the 'Best Accelerator of the Country!'.

IA has created a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country, have got 150+ startups under our portfolio, and have 1400+ mentors in our network who help startups in our industry-focused specialized verticals (HealthTech, AgriTech, Social, Energy, FinTech, Web 3.0, B2B SaaS, etc.). They work closely with Corporates and academia to help promote the development of an entrepreneurial mindset and generate innovative solutions to their real-world problems.

Tally Solutions Signs MoU With the ICAI to Promote Digitization Among Chartered Accountants

Tally Solutions, the country’s leading business software provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the national professional accounting body.

Tally Solutions, the country’s leading business software provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the national professional accounting body.

The agreement will provide easy access of technology for digitized accounting and compliance needs of the members of the ICAI. This will further help the digitization of businesses across sectors and industries given that CAs work closely with businesses on compliance.

As part of this MoU, Tally will be making its flagship product Tally.ERP 9 available to the ICAI members at subsidized rates. This will also be extended to all training centres and offices of the ICAI all over India.

The initiative is aimed at propelling the use of technology among members thereby bringing in greater efficiency in their practise. The company will also provide free product support to the CAs through its wide ecosystem of partners and TallyCare, its dedicated support centre.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tejas Goenka, Managing Director, Tally Solutions said, “Chartered Accountants play a key role in helping entrepreneurs manage their businesses and stay compliant. We have been working closely with the community for a very long time, and the formalisation of this MoU will take the relationship even further. We look forward to working on technology education and training related programs as we build tools to enable the CA community and succeed together.”

Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Chairman, Committee for Capacity Building of Members in Practice of ICAI added, “The MoU signed with Tally Solutions for providing Tally.ERP 9 at special price will make technology accessible in the office premise of the practitioners. We hope that the CA professionals will avail this facility for enhancement of technology for accounting purpose.”

With the fast-changing economy and compliance landscape in the country, upgradation of the content for CA students is another key aspect that the two organizations will be addressing in the time to come. Tally along with the ICAI is exploring updating the ITT and ADVANCE ITT training module, material and course content for the ICAI students. Sessions to help create and build capacity within the ICAI are also on the radar.
About Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a pioneer in the business software products industry. Since its inception in 1986, Tally’s simple yet powerful products have been revolutionizing the way businesses run. Having delivered path breaking technology consistently for more than 3 decades, Tally symbolizes unmatched innovation and leadership.

With the trust of nearly 2 million businesses worldwide, it caters to more than 6 million users across industries in over 100 countries. The brand has one of the largest partner ecosystem in the country with more than 25,000 partners associated with the company directly to provide a seamless and delightful customer experience.

Datacultr Introduces Collection Digitisation for Consumer Lending Companies

Datacultr, a PaaS for consumer lending companies introduces Collection Digitization, which will help in reducing the overall cost of collections. Through an innovative over-the-air communication framework, it improves outreach of a lender to a borrower to nearly 100% and hence, increases the effectiveness of the entire process.

India's Non Performing Loans Ratio stood at 11.2 % in March 2018, compared to that of 9.3 % in 2017. The traditional way in which banks could reach out to these customers was mainly through SMS, Emails, or Agent calls which in most cases are neglected by the customers. Moreover, Lenders have to bear the cost of delay. Hence, there was a need for a platform that can digitize communication in order to reduce costsinvolved in the collection process.

Datacultr’s platform integrates end-to-end with the lent out device on one side and the Lender’s Loan Management System on the other, bringing together the entire ecosystem, making it a successful program for both the borrower & the lender. The self-learning platform helps lenders to program & digitize all communication, that work even when the borrower is offline, out of coverage area or unwilling to pick up calls.

Commenting on the same, Mr. Neel Juriasingani, CEO & Co-founder, Datacultr,“Consumer lending companies need to embrace digitization in their collection systems in order to gain efficiency and cut down on operational costs. As far as loan repayment is concerned, Digitisation is the key to rapidly scale the process, so that the lender can focus on new disbursals. Our solution bridges the gap by not only automating the communication with the borrower but at the same time, also educating them on the benefits of timely repayment.”

The proprietary software provided by Datacultr is built on a combination of core IoT technology, an innovative communication framework & machine learning. The software can remotely manage smartphones given out on loan, by setting up a unique device experience module for the lenders that helps them manage the asset as well as leaverage datacultr’s communication framework.

The software integrates with the Smartphone and provides controlled access of the device to the lender for the tenure of the loan, which the lender uses to reach out to the borrower in case of delays, gradually managing the experience on the device and ultimately locking the device in cases of default.

For the Unbanked & Underserved user, such loans that ride on datacultr’s technology begin their journey of building a robust credit score, enabling access to bigger loans in the future. datacultr has combined technology with the basic financial service and created a simple and fair offering for those who need it the most.


About Datacultr
Datacultr is a PaaS that allows consumer lending companies to significantly reduce their risk on 'New to Credit' customers. Datacultr allows the lender to give out unsecured loans, at a lower risk, by allowing borrowers to present their newly purchased or existing Smartphone as collateral.

Established by Neel Juriasingani and Sujoy Ghosh in 2016, datacultr has a vision of empowering banks and other consumer lending companies, and thus bring more people under the umbrella of financial inclusion.

Datacultr is part of Microsoft for Startups & Google Cloud for Startups. It is the winner of Emerge50, 2018 award, given by NASSCOM to India’s Most Innovative Top 50 Emerging Software Product Companies. It was also recognised by the Haryana Government for product excellence in 2019. The team consists of well-experienced members from the telecom and mobile OEM space, with a deep understanding of consumers in emerging markets and have vast expertise in building scalable technology platforms.

Tech + Ayurveda - Indian Ayurveda Fraternity fast adopting Integrated Technology and Digitization

The third edition of Oja Festival, India’s premier festival for Ayurveda was organized, by NirogStreet (India's first technology-led Ayurveda platform) in association with Ministry of AYUSH (Government of India) and co-organised by CSIR-IIM Technology Business Incubator in Delhi today. The event witnessed participation from the Indian Ayurvedic fraternity in full strength.

Renowned Ayurvedic experts, researchers and practitioners voiced their opinion on critical issues in relation with Ayurveda and its relevance in the modern healthcare system.

Oja Festival was a powerhouse of discussion on use of Technology in Ayurveda, Medicinal Cannabis in India Story, Emerging Career opportunities for Students and Doctors, How Ayurveda can cure day to day lifestyle disorders? And the future of Pain Management.

Key dignitaries and experts from Ayurvedic community namely Dr. D.C. Katoch, Advisor (Ayurveda) Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India; Dr. Leena Chhatre, OSD-AYUSH Grid, Ministry of AYUSH (Government of India); Vaidya Devendra Triguna, President, All India Ayurvedic Congress; Dr. Gauraung Joshi, Chariman, ALSAAR Foundation; Dr. Tanuja Nesari, Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda; Dr D.C. Katoch, Advisor (Ayurveda), Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India; Dr. Brian Wilkerson, Founder & CEO, Pharmacon Holding; Dr. Abhishek Mohan, Director, HempStreet, India and Mr. Ram N Kumar, Founder & CEO, NirogStreet among others.

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Addressing the need for widespread digitization in Ayurveda healthcare Dr. Leena Chhatre, OSD-AYUSH Grid, Ministry of AYUSH (Government of India), said “The e-Government and digitization policy of the government advocates that all citizen centric services should be made available in a digitised form. AYUSH Grid has been formed by Ministry of AYUSH to concentrate on this aspect, especially digitisation in Ayurvedic healthcare system. Digitisation is very important for brining transparency, standardisation, drug control, quality control, decision support and continuity of care.”

Director NABH, Dr. Gayatri Mahindroo said, ”Technology led practice and NirogStreet certification is the way forward for Ayurveda doctors to deliver better healthcare at their clinics. It is important that doctors follow standards and maintain patient records for future references and diagnosis.”

Talking about the initiative, Mr. Ram N. Kumar, Founder Nirogstreet.com said, “It is the right time for us to digitally enable Ayurveda knowledge access and present it to the world. The use of technology can greatly help in weeding out the problem of quackery and fake medicine. By capacity building, Ayurveda can be used to change the face of modern healthcare as we know it. Oja Festival is our initiative to celebrate Ayurveda and to promote this most effective yet nature friendly method of treatment among masses so as to make it first call of treatment worldwide. With this unique platform we are making an effort to create a collaborative and integrated Ayurvedic ecosystem.”

He added, “With NirogStreet.com we are striving to bridge this gap by certifying pure Ayurveda doctors and getting all of them available on one platform. Here they can be reached out to for consultation, treatment and knowledge sharing. This dream would be incomplete without building the right technology platforms.”

The Indian Ayurvedic fraternity in one voice supported the need for rapid adoption of integrated technology for strengthening the ecosystem.

Oja festival culminated with NirogStreet facilitating top doctors who have delivered quality healthcare in Ayurveda using technology.

NirogStreet aggregates fragmented doctors and clinics give them access to real-time learning, training, and certification using technology to deliver better Ayurvedic healthcare services to patients.

About NirogStreet: NirogStreet is country’s leading organisation and a unique concept in the Ayurveda healthcare ecosystem which aims to make Ayurveda first call of treatment. This technology-driven SaaS tools and platform provides access to authentic Ayurveda doctors on a global scale with a focus to implement best practices and deliver quality Ayurveda healthcare.

As the world is quickly moving from reactive to proactive healthcare, the demand for holistic healing methods such as Ayurveda is at an all-time high. NirogStreet leverages the wide network of practitioners to promote health and wellness in the society.

With technology-based intervention, NirogStreet curates and empowers doctors by working closely with Ministry of AYUSH, regulators, and research organisations. NirogStreet encourages doctors to create and publish case studies and research reports so as to bring in evidence-based treatment similar to modern medicine.

India's Experiment in Education - Kindle To Replace School Textbooks While IIT Entrance Exam To Go Online

Since digitisation is gaining pace in India like never before, how could education, which is considered as one of the most crucial aspects of human life remain untouched by it?

In what could be seen as an encouraging step forward for country's younger generation, the Karnataka government is considering making text books digital by replacing paper books with Kindle. The move can help nation's young minds in grasping the right skills and knowledge to meet the demands of a constantly changing environment that they're growing in laced with frequent changes in technological landscape. Though this wasn't exactly the government's aim behind considering the move.

The proposal comes into focus just a few days after the Karnataka state government faced wrath for the enormous weight students have to carry everyday to school. While some Indian states have put a cap over school bag weight, there's no such rule currently in motion in Karnataka.



According to Statistics available, Karnataka currently has over 1 crore students. Providing the cheapest version of Kindle worth Rs 6,000 to each of the student will cost the government a whooping Rs 6,000 crore. However, initially, the government wants to test out the programme only in government schools. Further, if the costs saved on printing the textbooks is invested towards providing e-readers, the programme could still be successful pulled off.

Cresta PU College in Mysuru had recently started replacing college textbooks with Kindles as part of a pilot project. The college approached Amazon for the same, which obliged by providing 50 Kindles.

In addition to this, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) has also decided to move the entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from pen and paper mode to a completely online format from next year. According to JAB, which is the policy-making body on IIT admissions, the move will help in making logistics and evaluations for the paper much easier.

Prior to this, the HRD Ministry had given students the option of taking the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Mains online or offline. This year, more than 13 lakh students took the JEE-Mains, with less than 10 per cent taking the online option.

While now seems the perfect time to bring in these changes in the Indian education system, only time will tell if the students are really up for the task.

India's Experiment in Education - Kindle To Replace School Textbooks While IIT Entrance Exam To Go Online

Since digitisation is gaining pace in India like never before, how could education, which is considered as one of the most crucial aspects of human life remain untouched by it?

In what could be seen as an encouraging step forward for country's younger generation, the Karnataka government is considering making text books digital by replacing paper books with Kindle. The move can help nation's young minds in grasping the right skills and knowledge to meet the demands of a constantly changing environment that they're growing in laced with frequent changes in technological landscape. Though this wasn't exactly the government's aim behind considering the move.

The proposal comes into focus just a few days after the Karnataka state government faced wrath for the enormous weight students have to carry everyday to school. While some Indian states have put a cap over school bag weight, there's no such rule currently in motion in Karnataka.



According to Statistics available, Karnataka currently has over 1 crore students. Providing the cheapest version of Kindle worth Rs 6,000 to each of the student will cost the government a whooping Rs 6,000 crore. However, initially, the government wants to test out the programme only in government schools. Further, if the costs saved on printing the textbooks is invested towards providing e-readers, the programme could still be successful pulled off.

Cresta PU College in Mysuru had recently started replacing college textbooks with Kindles as part of a pilot project. The college approached Amazon for the same, which obliged by providing 50 Kindles.

In addition to this, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) has also decided to move the entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from pen and paper mode to a completely online format from next year. According to JAB, which is the policy-making body on IIT admissions, the move will help in making logistics and evaluations for the paper much easier.

Prior to this, the HRD Ministry had given students the option of taking the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Mains online or offline. This year, more than 13 lakh students took the JEE-Mains, with less than 10 per cent taking the online option.

While now seems the perfect time to bring in these changes in the Indian education system, only time will tell if the students are really up for the task.