Digital India: Aadhaar, DigiLocker, China & Business Opportunity - Protean | FO400 Raj Shamani
Raj Shamani Figuring Out episode, in Hindi, in which Raj talks with the leadership of Protean eGov Technologies, the company behind core pieces of India's digital public infrastructure, about Aadhaar, DigiLocker and what other countries can learn. He explains Digi Yatra simply: face authentication matches your face to your boarding pass at the airport and you are in without human intervention, and addresses the safety question directly - documents in DigiLocker are secure. On exporting the model he is clear that one shoe does not fit all: Aadhaar today serves one hundred and forty crore people, while Brazil might look at digital commerce and Rwanda at identity - each country has a different problem to solve. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the infrastructure and business lessons; company history and technical detail are not covered. These are the guest's own figures and views, not independently verified. The episode is a partnership with Protean eGov Technologies, named in the show's introduction.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Raj Shamani Figuring Out episode, in Hindi, in which Raj talks with the leadership of Protean eGov Technologies, the company behind core pieces of India's digital public infrastructure, about Aadhaar, DigiLocker and what other countries can learn. He explains Digi Yatra simply: face authentication matches your face to your boarding pass at the airport and you are in without human intervention, and addresses the safety question directly - documents in DigiLocker are secure. On exporting the model he is clear that one shoe does not fit all: Aadhaar today serves one hundred and forty crore people, while Brazil might look at digital commerce and Rwanda at identity - each country has a different problem to solve. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the infrastructure and business lessons; company history and technical detail are not covered. These are the guest's own figures and views, not independently verified. The episode is a partnership with Protean eGov Technologies, named in the show's introduction.