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GERAD seminar

Addressing Societal Challenges at Scale: India's Platform and Data Leapfrog

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Sep 6, 2019   10:00 AM — 11:00 AM

Pramod Varma CTO EkStep, India

Places are limited, thus registration is mandatory.

Open digital infrastructure has hugely helped societies access information, products, knowledge, and collaborate better with each other. India has also benefited this from 100's of millions of people having access to mobile phones and Internet. It is essential that from time to time many such digital infrastructure layers are built as public goods to create open access and level playing field for innovators to provide solutions to large diverse society. India has been building its own layers of public digital infrastructure spanning from identity, payment, health and education. Aadhaar, India's digital identity program that was launched in 2010 has successfully covered more than 1.2 billion people. In addition to core digital identity systems, India's open digital infrastructure, collectively known as India Stack also includes electronic payment, digital signature, digital Locker, and data empowerment as its core layers. This talk covers how India is laying its digital foundation to address societal challenges at scale.

Hugues Delmaire organizer

Location

Room 4488
André-Aisenstadt Building
Université de Montréal Campus
2920, chemin de la Tour
Montréal QC H3T 1J4
Canada

Associated organization

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

pramodvarma-bio-2019-short.pdf (1 MB)