Nandan Nilekani Appointed Advisor to Govt Panel Set up to Prevent Digital Monopolies
3 years, 5 months ago

Nandan Nilekani Appointed Advisor to Govt Panel Set up to Prevent Digital Monopolies

News 18  

The government has set up a nine-member advisory council, including Nandan Nilekani from Infosys and National Health Authority CEO R S Sharma, on steps required to design and accelerate adoption of open network for digital commerce. “ONDC aims at promoting open networks developed on open sourced methodology, using open specifications and open network protocols independent of any specific platform,” it said. “It has been decided to constitute an advisory council to advise the government on measures needed to design and accelerate adoption of ONDC,” DPIIT said. The other members of the council are QCI Chairman Adil Zainulbhai, Avaana Capital Founder Anjali Bansal, Digital India Foundation Co-Founder Arvind Gupta, National Payments Corporation India CEO Dilip Asbe, NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure MD and CEO Suresh Sethi, CAIT Secretary General P Khandelwal, and Retailers Association of India CEO Kumar Rajagopalan.

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India may soon have single e-commerce platform
2 years, 1 month ago

India may soon have single e-commerce platform

The Hindu  

India may soon have a single e-commerce platform that will bring together buyers, sellers, logistics players, and payment facilitators, empowering consumers with a wide array of products, vendors, and price options. Speaking on the occasion, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, said this open network would have the ability to transform e-commerce not only in India, but also …

ONDC Can Become Next UPI, Says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
2 years, 5 months ago

ONDC Can Become Next UPI, Says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

News 18  

Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday exuded confidence that Open Network for Digital Commerce can become the next UPI, one of India’s most successful digital products. Just look how you can leverage it for your business,” said Vaishnaw in his address after inaugurating the ‘National Startup Conference’ at Mahatma Mandir convention centre here as part of the Digital India …

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?
2 years, 6 months ago

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?

Live Mint  

- India's government in April launched its Open Network For Digital Commerce as a prospective alternative to dominant global giants Amazon.com and Walmart in its fast-growing e-commerce market. ONDC aims to raise e-commerce penetration in the next two years to 25% of India's consumer purchases, from nearly 8% now, in a country of 1.35 billion people. It also hopes to …

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?
2 years, 6 months ago

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?

Live Mint  

- India's government in April launched its Open Network For Digital Commerce as a prospective alternative to dominant global giants Amazon.com and Walmart in its fast-growing e-commerce market. ONDC aims to raise e-commerce penetration in the next two years to 25% of India's consumer purchases, from nearly 8% now, in a country of 1.35 billion people. It also hopes to …

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?
2 years, 6 months ago

What is ONDC, India’s project for an open e-commerce network?

Live Mint  

India's government in April launched its Open Network For Digital Commerce as a prospective alternative to dominant global giants Amazon.com and Walmart in its fast-growing e-commerce market. ONDC aims to raise e-commerce penetration in the next two years to 25% of India's consumer purchases, from nearly 8% now, in a country of 1.35 billion people. It also hopes to sign …

Tech Pioneer Nandan Nilekani Collaborates With Govt To Take On Amazon, Walmart In India
2 years, 7 months ago

Tech Pioneer Nandan Nilekani Collaborates With Govt To Take On Amazon, Walmart In India

ABP News  

New Delhi: Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder who went ahead to spearhead Aadhaar, has one more ambitious goal in his kitty. The main aim is to create a freely accessible online shopping system where merchants and consumers can buy and sell everything from 23-cent detergent bars to $1,800 airline tickets. What is unspoken here is to eventually curb the powers of …

In India, a new platform to curb the powers of Amazon, Flipkart
2 years, 7 months ago

In India, a new platform to curb the powers of Amazon, Flipkart

Al Jazeera  

Tech mogul Nandan Nilekani is is working with gov’t to build a platform to help small merchants, & rein in big players. He co-founded software powerhouse Infosys Ltd., became a billionaire and went on to spearhead a colossal government program to create biometric identification for India’s almost 1.4 billion people. The high-profile mogul is helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi build …

ONDC to help small retailers serve customers with modern ways of delivery: Piyush Goyal
2 years, 9 months ago

ONDC to help small retailers serve customers with modern ways of delivery: Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

The Open Network for Digital Commerce will ensure that small retailers get an equal opportunity to engage with big firms, protect their businesses and serve customers with modern ways of delivery system, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on March 19. India is leading the world in building digital public infrastructure, he said at an entrepreneurship summit. It will …

ONDC: All you need to know about govt initiative challenging Amazon, Flipkart
3 years, 4 months ago

ONDC: All you need to know about govt initiative challenging Amazon, Flipkart

Hindustan Times  

The central government is moving fast on its promise of creating an open network for digital commerce, which aims to democratise digital commerce. ONDC aims at promoting open networks developed on open-sourced methodology, using open specifications and open network protocols independent of any specific platform. In simple words, the ONDC initiative aims to promote open networks for all aspects of …

Nilekani named to ONDC panel
3 years, 5 months ago

Nilekani named to ONDC panel

The Hindu  

The government has appointed National Health Authority CEO Ram Sewak Sharma and Infosys non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani as members of an advisory council for creating an Open Network for Digital Commerce. The ONDC would promote open networks developed on open-sourced methodology and using protocols independent of any specific platform in order to digitise the entire value chain, derive logistics efficiencies …

Nandan Nilekani launches open credit protocol network
4 years, 5 months ago

Nandan Nilekani launches open credit protocol network

Live Mint  

Nandan Nilekani, founding architect of Aadhaar and co-founder and non-executive chairman of Infosys Ltd, said India needs to democratise credit for small businesses, to ensure the revival of the economy, which has been hit by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. At the Global Fintech Festival, 2020 on Wednesday, Nilekani announced the launch of a new credit protocol infrastructure called the ‘Open …

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