Global Connect
Gateway to The G20 and The World - DPI | Lessons from India for the World
About This Talk
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) deserves global attention as a strategic priority to enable a shared digital future that is open, trusted and empowering. India’s model is pivotal in shaping this future. India’s DPI is an exemplar that provides a conducive environment for startups and entrepreneurs to thrive. By prioritizing privacy, data empowerment, and private innovation, India has built a robust DPI that can serve as a model for other countries seeking to establish secure and dynamic digital futures.
Speakers
Nikhil Bhaskar
Partner
BCG
BCG
Nikhil Bhaskar is a Partner with BCG in the Silicon Valley office. He works closely with Fortune 50 companies and startups to build and launch innovative solutions for patients, providers and biopharma. As part of BCG’s tech build and design unit, Nikhil has launched 3 scaled startups in the e-pharmacy, telemedicine and disease management space. In the last few years, he has also supported the Indian Government to design digital public goods that can have a transformative impact on economic productivity especially in healthcare and financial services. He is part of the G-20 team that has been tasked with fostering partnerships with governments across the globe for promoting and showcasing the impact of DPGs designed and scaled in India. Nikhil is an economist by training and is passionate about leveraging technology to improve care delivery for all – and at all levels of the health system. He believes the combination of multiscale digital health data from patients can impact our understanding, prevention and treatment of disease.
Pranav Deshpande
Product Marketing
Vanta
Vanta
Pranav Deshpande currently works in Product Marketing at Vanta, having spent the past 8 years in GTM and product marketing roles at Twilio and Modern Treasury. He is also an early iSPIRT volunteer, helping evangelize UPI and the India Stack in the US via events like Startup Bridge India and op-eds in publications like TechCrunch and VentureBeat. He was one of the earliest sales engineers at Twilio and later moved to product marketing, contributing to revenue growth en route to an IPO in 2016, and beyond. As an early employee at Modern Treasury, he helped shape the early GTM strategy and positioning as the company grew revenues and headcount significantly. Pranav is interested in fintech, SaaS, and developer tools and writes about early-stage GTM and product marketing questions on his blog.
Minoo Gupta
President
Foundation for Excellence
Foundation for Excellence
Minoo Gupta is a seasoned tech savvy and customer focused executive working in Silicon Valley since 1987. Her experience involves managing high-performance software teams throughout the product lifecycle, from inception to production maintenance. She is skilled in managing high degrees of risk while enhancing operational efficiencies and product quality. Minoo Gupta serves as President of Foundation for Excellence, a non-profit. FFEs mission is to enable academically brilliant and economically underprivileged students in India to complete their higher education in Engineering or Medicine through a Scholarship Program. The organization has supported over 28,000+ students to achieve their dreams since its inception in 1994. Minoo also serves as a Vice-Chair of India Philanthropy Alliance, a network of nonprofit, philanthropic and charitable organizations that mobilize people and funding for development and poverty-reduction programs in India.
Venktesh Shukla (Moderator)
Founder and General Partner
Monta Vista Capital
Monta Vista Capital
Venktesh Shukla has an impressive track record as a seed stage investor first as the Founding Chair of TiE Angels and, since 2014, as the Founder and General Partner of Monta Vista Capital. Prior to his career as a seed stage investor, Venk had a proven track record of leading companies through rapid growth in his roles in sales, marketing and general management. He has worked with over 50 startups as an executive, investor, or a board member. Venk is currently a TiE-SV Council of Trustee. He is passionate about influencing public policy in India to create a stronger ecosystem for Indian startups through his writings and as a nominated member of the Government of Indias Startup Advisory Council chaired by the Commerce Minister of India. He is also passionate about transforming the lives of bright but poor students in India through his 26 years long association with Foundation for Excellence first as the Founding President for 18 years and now as a member of the Board. Venk holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and BSEE from NIT Bhopal in India.