Our vision is to be a global centre to build capacity and advance knowledge on Digital Public Infrastructure
Our objectives are building capacity, creating and curating knowledge and designing communities of practice
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Capacity
Capacity-building for government and private stakeholders, to enhance their capabilities to design, establish and leverage DPI to drive policy and developmental outcomes
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Knowledge
Create and curate actionable research on DPI capacity building from the larger ecosystem of experts and practitioners.
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Community
Draw upon and build a community of experts to create and support champions of the DPI approach within government.
Our Latest Capacity-Building Course
The DPI Academy held a one-day workshop in Bangalore with the Manila Technical Resource Lab to deepen understanding of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for advancing digital transformation efforts in the Philippines.
The workshop explored how DPI principles—interoperability, inclusion, privacy, modularity—can be put into real-world practice and highlighted a key gap: barriers to adoption often overlooked by implementers.
In follow-up sessions, DPI practitioners shared sector-specific insights from health and digital payments, emphasising how addressing contextual challenges is key to building DPI that drives meaningful adoption.
Flagship Report | Governance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI): An Ecosystem Analysis
Coming Soon
As part of the Knowledge Pillar of the Academy’s initiative, we are currently developing the State of India’s DPI report, which will delve into the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The working title of the report is Governance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI): An Ecosystem Analysis. This report aims to explore UPI governance by examining the experiences of both end-users and merchants through a quantitative survey, complemented by qualitative insights from key ecosystem participants, including regulators, banks, and payment service providers.
Our Latest Work
Opinion | DPI integration with AI will elevate the quality of public services as well as risks
In this article for Mint, Lakshay Naranag, Senior Associate at Artha Global, explores the clear benefits of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) tools with India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). This integration is already in progress, but Naranag emphasizes that its potential gains must be carefully balanced against the associated drawbacks.
Read the full article here.
Recommended Reads
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The Economics of Shared Digital Infrastructures: A framework for assessing societal value by David Eaves, Beatriz Vasconcellos, Diane Coyle, Sumedha Deshmukh
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Digital Public Infrastructure and Development: A World Bank Group Approach
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India's National Urban Governance Platform by Jordyn Fetter and David Eaves
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