State of the Stack

Welcome to a new season of the podcast! In our rebranded podcast we go into the specifics of DPI design, deployment, innovation, policymaking, and regulatory frameworks. In this episode we talk to Suresh Sethi, CEO of Protean eGov Technologies that is the deploying DPI across different layers and across India and Africa. We discussed Protean's approach to deploying DPI, their experiences in d...

In this episode, Kamya Chandra, Surabhi Hodigere, and I have a conversation about public policy, institutions, administrations, and capacity building for a country's DPI landscape. We also discuss the need for institutionalizing knowledge and models about governance, and management of DPIs as a critical infrastructure for public administrators. Kamya is the Chief Strategy Officer at the globa...

In this episode, we discuss the role of the Nordic Institute of Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), and how it builds on Estonia's X-Road. Kate Wilson joins me in this episode to unpack data exchange, the key features and approach of X-Road, and NIIS's interesting governance model with Ville Sirviö. Ville Sirviö is the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), kno...

In the seventh episode of the Talking DPI podcast series, I talk to Chrissy Meier who led the Digital Public Goods Charter work. We discuss the learnings from the first year of consultations regarding the DPG Charter, the role DPGs play in the DPI ecosystem, and the future of the Charter.  Chrissy is the Director of Policy at the Digital Impact Alliance. She is a recognized thought leader in digit...

In the sixth episode of the Talking DPIs podcast series, I talk to Shankar Maruwada from Ekstep Foundation about India’s DPI journey in education (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing - DIKSHA). We discuss the importance of people and institutions in any DPI journey, and how a combination of policy, technology, and +1 thinking came together in building DIKSHA.  This episode is special as m...

In this episode, we discuss the financing models of DPIs and the challenges with the same. Our focus today is the paper “ Financing Digital Public Infrastructures ” published by New America. We have all four authors of the paper on the episode discussing the current state of financing in the DPI ecosystem, the gaps and issues with the same, and proposing alternative models that could benefit the s...

In this episode, we explore the intersections of open source software ecosystems and digital public infrastructures. We talk about the role OSS communities play in the DPI ecosystem, the need to think proactively about their governance and financial sustainability. All this while keeping their potential challenges and concerns in mind.  Our guest for this episode is Govind Shivkumar from the Omidy...

In this episode, we explore the various roles governments play in the DPI ecosystem along with the political economy, governance, financing, and people considerations that governments need to think about in their DPI journeys. Our guest for this episode is Kate Wilson, Senior Fellow at People-Centerd Internet. Kate believes that every person should have access to life enhancing services made possi...

In this episode, we unpack the role of markets and DPGs in the digital public infrastructure ecosystem, we explore - who are these market players, what are their challenges, and how can they be governed. Our guest for this episode is Venkatesh Hariharan. Venky, as we call him is the Public Policy Director for FOSS United , an organization that aims to grow the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)...

In this first episode, we understand the concept of digital public infrastructures, its role in the digital economy, and how is it different from the traditional digital development approaches. Our guest for the episode is David Eaves, who’s a thought leader in the DPI and DPG space.  David is an Associate Professor and Deputy Co-Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at Unive...

In this episode  Dr. Jonathan Donner and Dr. Pramod Varma talk about taking an open protocol approach to counter bigtech monopoly in digital commerce towards making it more inclusive for micro-enterprises. Dr. Varma elaborates on India’s journey so far towards democratising access to public services through open technology, and the more recent efforts to demonopolise digital commerce. Dr. Jonathan...