“Technology is overhyped,” remarks Jan Chipchase, Creative Director of Global Insights, who has dedicated himself to research in 150 projects that deliver innovative results to numerous Fortune 500 companies. Yet, today in Mumbai, Chipchase will not only tackle the question of availability of potable water but also how through design thinking and technology, an imperative concern like this can be resolved. Turning his radar on to urban slums where most would congregate in the near future due to migration, he turns around the question, “why not slums?”, when asked.

Chipcha-se has plans for Dharavi. File Pic.