Beckn Newsletter September‘24
Hola, readers! 👋
As we enter the second ‘ber of the year, something about these months has the whole world feeling festive!
Perhaps you’ll light lamps at India’s Diwali festivities, float water lanterns at Thailand’s Loy Krathong, or carve up a plump pumpkin for Halloween. Maybe we’ll find you at the Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico, sipping a hot cup of café at France’s Nuit Blanche, or perchance downing a mug of cold bier at Germany’s Oktoberfest? Wherever you are in this open world, we hope you have an outstanding October!
And now, a roundup of September’s top stories.
In this Month’s edition:
⚡ India’s Ministry of Power recommends UEI Protocol
🍕 ONDC welcomes India’s first zero-commission food delivery app
🎧 Nandan Nilekani talks shop: The India Stack
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⚡ MoP recommends Unified Energy Interface (UEI) Protocol
In its Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure notice, the Indian Ministry of Power officially recommends Unified Energy Interface (UEI) protocol for data sharing and open communication. The MoP is the second government ministry to back UEI, with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) endorsing it earlier this year.
Celebrating the move, co-founder of Pulse Energy Akhil JP adds, “Getting MoP to recommend UEI alongside existing interoperability protocols is a testament to all the hard work everyone at Unified Energy Interface Alliance has done over the past two years.”
💡You Should Know: UEI Alliance is a collaborative group and think tank that promotes the adoption of Beckn Protocol and open network concepts for energy transactions.
UEI has opened doors for diverse players of all shapes and sizes. Whether you’re a small solar energy producer, an EV fleet operator, a large distribution company, or just a regular ‘ol citizen, UEI provides the opportunity to trade, sell and even buy energy on the open network.
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🍕 India’s first zero-commission food delivery app joins ONDC
Open network solutions continue to impress and inspire. We all know and love how Namma Yatri’s zero-commission model has taken the mobility sector by storm. Now we meetWAAYU, India’s first zero commission food delivery app, who just went live on the ONDC Network! Welcome, WAAYU! 👋🏻
WAAYU aims to create a sustainable and profitable ecosystem for everyone, just like its mobility counterpart Namma Yatri, beloved by both passengers and drivers alike.
Besides delivery, WAAYU also helps restaurants offer better prices to customers, teaming up with buyer apps like TATA Neu and OLA to increase order volumes. With over 3000 restaurants onboarded across Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, WAAYU is determined to reshape food delivery experiences in India.
💭 How are open networks impacting quick commerce and hyper delivery? Share your thoughts with the community on our Discord!
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🎧 Nandan Nilekani talks shop: India’s digital journey
Nandan Nilekani joins Nikhil Kamath on the WTF Podcast for an authentic and exciting discussion on India’s digital journey-the past, the present and the future.
In under an hour, the intimate one-on-one interview touches on everything from Aadhaar to BHIM, UPI and FasTAGs, Beckn Protocol and FIDE, to a broader discourse on building population-scale Digital Public Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence.
An absolute must-listen, prepare yourself for engaging stories, valuable industry insights, a couple of history lessons and golden nuggets of career wisdom from the IT legend himself.
Check out the full episode here.
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🌾 Building Global Agriculture Grids with OpenAgriNet (OAN)
The OpenAgriNet Alliance officially kicked off their journey with the first-ever OAN meet-up on August 12th, 2024!
Over 30 organizations from 5 continents came together to discuss how DPI-enablement and AI augmentation is helping them transform global agriculture and food security. On behalf of the open network community, congratulations to OAN for this exciting step. Collaboration unlocks innovation, and we hope you have many more meet-ups!
Is your organization interested in contributing to or collaborating with the OpenAgriNet (OAN) Alliance? Fill out this form to get started.
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📚 Brazil’s Rede Belém Aberta Network launches new phase
The Rede Belém Aberta Network in Brazil remains committed to shaping an open future by empowering students with real-world skills, and collaborating with network partners to create opportunities for growth and learning.
In this new phase, the network offers training programs for advanced open transactional network technology powered by Beckn Protocol, and a decentralized cloud for both education and work.
This special milestone was led by Jambu Technologia in partnership with FIDE, Universidade Federal do Pará, Prefeitura Municipal de Belém, Wits Innovation Lab, and Pupilfirst.
We can’t wait to see the ideas brewing in these young Brazilian minds!
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🗒️ Contribution Board
Calling all innovators, hackers and part-time slackers!
Fresh Tickets
#1 United Energy Interface (UEI) X Solana Radar Hackathon
⚠️Do you want to innovate for the energy sector? Do real-world problems get you charged up? Then this one’s for you!
Together with Superteam India, we’re inviting participants for a special Unified Energy Interface (UEI) X Solana Radar Hackathon track.
The Mission: Identify areas where a public blockchain like Solana can help further the mission of UEI. Leverage the network and ledger to build products, prototypes or proofs of concept that showcase the ideal experience for such ideas.
What do you win?
⭐ Top 3 winners bag cash prizes of up to $5k
⭐ All winners receive a member role in Superteam India
⭐ Quality submissions receive a contributor role in Superteam India
Submissions open on September 30th, 2024. Click here for more details, and to submit your entry. For any queries, reach out to Superteam India.
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That’s all we have for now. Now that September’s over, we can finally wake up. Here’s a little something to walk to on your autumn stroll. See you in ~4 weeks! 👋
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