Lessons Learned Creating India’s Aadhaar Digital ID Program
Channel: The Center for Global Enterprise
Date: 2018-10-25

India’s Aadhaar initiative is the first and largest digital identity system implemented on a national scale. Since 2009, 1.2 billion people have enrolled in the biometric ID program, which provides citizens with an “identity infrastructure” for financial inclusion and the delivery of social services, as well as helps the Indian government save over $8 billion annually.

Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma is Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the founding CEO of India’s Aadhaar ID project from 2009 to 2013. Dr. Sharma will share management lessons, the fiscal benefits of Aadhaar and efforts by the Indian government to monetize the data created by its citizens.