digital public infrastructure

Building on our ongoing research project on 'Effective Ethical Frameworks for the State as an Enabler of Innovation', our team authored a policy brief titled 'Recovering the ‘Public’ in India’s Digital Public Infrastructure Strategy'. In this brief, we draw on our investigation of India's digital public infrastructure (DPI) journey, especially…

Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) are at the heart of India’s development strategy, promising efficiency, scalability, and innovation in public service delivery. However, as DPIs gain prominence, it is crucial to ensure that they remain truly public—rooted in equity, inclusivity, and ethical governance.

On January 10, 2025, IT for…

Digital infrastructure-led development has occupied centre stage in the global policy circles. The discourse in India focuses on leapfrogging the traditional stages of development with the use of Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs). The vision is to build efficient, rapid and scalable  DPIs for public service delivery while paving the way for…

Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami and Rudraksh Lakra authored a policy brief on "Designing an effective data-sharing framework for AgriStack". The brief outlines a binding, sector-specific data-sharing framework for agricultural data systems. It addresses both personal and non-personal data governance issues and calls for strong safeguards around…