Govt plans to set up centre of excellence for R&D work in DPIs, DPGs

The government plans to set up a centre of excellence to work on research and development in digital public infrastructure (DPI) and digital public goods (DPG), people in the know told ET.

“There are a lot of applications in the DPI space built on top of the protocols developed by both the public and private sectors. What is needed now is participation from universities and colleges, research institutes and academics on various innovations that can be done in the existing models,” an official said.