The MIT-WPU/PRIO Conference on 'Digital Designs - from Unique ID to CBDC' brought together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to discuss the digital designs at the heart of India's tech innovation, from biometric Unique ID (Aadhaar) to the digital rupee (e₹), India's central bank digital currency (CBDC). The conference sought to generate academic debate and exchange of ideas among researchers working in the nexus between the digital, the social, and the political, both conceptually and empirically, on topics such as data protection and privacy, e-finance and digital payments, digital ID, blockchain, cyber-security, implications of the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how e-governance is reconfiguring everyday life in India.
The conference took place at the MIT-WPU campus in Pune, India. The convenors were Dr. Åshild Kolås at PRIO and Dr. Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya at MIT-WPU.
