IIIT B hosts Government-to-Person payment systems (G2P) connect workshop

Bengaluru, thirtieth March 2023: The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), heldthe Government-to-Person Connect Workshop lately. It was a two-day in-person workshop for world representatives within the implementation of digital G2P payment systems (G2P).The workshop was supposed for governments to share learnings, and focus on the alternatives and challenges in constructing and increasing G2P payment programmes. The agenda featured group discussions by key leaders concerned with digital public infrastructure.

The workshop centered on the necessity for digital public infrastructure (DPI) in G2P processes.G2P is a future for presidency funds. It will present supply over a number of channels and selection.

The occasion inspired participation from the viewers, and facilitated discussions on the present state and future plans for G2P DPI in all of the attending international locations.The occasion was attended by 120 individuals from 25 international locations.

Speaking on the event, Prof. Debabrata Das, introduced concerning the upcoming heart for DPI, tobe housed on the IIITB, Prof. Das stated, “IIITB is completely satisfied to host the G2P Connect Workshop, with representatives from over 25 international locations and numerous world organisations. We hope to see extra participation from international locations sooner or later as the brand new Centre for DPI builds digital public infrastructure for G2P processes.”

Delivering the important thing word tackle, Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and non-executive chairman of Infosys, commented “DPI is the constructing block for a productive, resilient & equitable society. What we’re seeing is a world coverage consensus constructing round worth of DPIs, and open know-how frameworks are coming to life.”

Dr. Pramod Varma, ex-Chief Architect of Aadhaar, who gave an introduction to G2P infrastructure, defined, “G2P systems are inherently decentralized, managed by many, advanced in numerous methods, and have to work collectively to realize the transformation. We have to design constructing blocks independently and connect them through widespread interoperability specs/protocols.”

Earlier Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan and Prof. Rajagopalan from IIITB gave the welcome tackle, introducing the workshop’s targets.