We create and curate actionable research on implementing and governing digital public infrastructure (from reports to playbooks) from the larger ecosystem of experts and practitioners, under our Knowledge pillar.
Building the Foundations: Strengthening Technical Capacity for Digital Public Infrastructure in Government
By Sridhar Ganapathy, Tvesha Sippy, Vikram Sinha & Hemant Adarkar
Digital public infrastructure can help design and transform equitable public systems. A Resource Hub model that strengthens technical capacity and leadership within governments is the way forward.
RBI’s digital rupee must leap over many hurdles for wider adoption
by Nikita Kwatra and Khushi Baldota
"From an end-user perspective, the e-rupee offers no obvious added value.”
Open-source imperative for India’s public sector
By Sridhar Ganapathy and Dr. Hemant Adarkar
Existing public sector processes are ill-suited to making software open and collaborating with the community. Institutions require dedicated capacity, resources and a mindset shift to meaningfully engage in open source.
Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for building inclusive social protection systems
By Nikita Kwatra, Priya Vedavalli, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Vikram Sinha
Digital ID systems allow residents of a country to have verifiable, non-falsifiable proof of identity, creating a mechanism for establishing trust – a rare commodity in LMICs.
Digital Public Infrastructure: A dubious way to foster competition
By Neha Jain and Sharmadha Srinivasan
Applying a DPI philosophy to every digital sector to combat monopolistic tendencies could place an undue burden on state resources.
More than two in three Indians use UPI: Survey
By Nikita Kwatra and Lakshay Narang
The results revealed that nearly two-thirds of the respondents used UPI, and the most popular use of UPI was making payments at local shops and merchants.