India’s firm footing in pioneering Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives over the past decade and a half, including Aadhaar, UPI and data exchange platforms such as COWIN and DIKSHA, has enabled it to leapfrog traditional stages of development, transforming governance and making the country’s financial ecosystem more inclusive. 

Given the immense potential of DPI to transform service delivery and with use cases across sectors from health to agriculture, and across various departments of the government, Karmayogi Bharat, which operates and manages the integrated government training platform (iGOT), is launching courses by The DPI Academy—a joint initiative by Artha Global and eGov Foundation— on enabling digital transformation using the DPI approach.

J. Satyanarayana, Chairperson of the DPI Academy, who has previously served as Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), delivered the first course focusing on DPI fundamentals, implementation strategies and challenges.

“The courses go beyond conceptual frameworks, as we jointly bring expertise from having implemented DPI projects with governments across the world,” said Viraj Tyagi, Chief Executive Officer, eGOV Foundation. Given the emphasis on real-world learning, the course includes a case study connecting theory with practice. 

“For our upcoming video courses, The DPI Academy is bringing in leading digital policy veterans, including ex-MeitY secretaries, Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Dr. RS Sharma, Sh. Ajay Sawhney, technologists like Shankar Maruwada of EkStep Foundation and Dr. YLP Rao, former Deputy Director General, UIDAI for subsequent courses,” said Pritika Hingorani, CEO (India), Artha Global, a policy organisation with deep expertise in technology policy, urbanisation and economic growth. 

The first course went live on the iGOT platform following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Delhi on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, between Karmayogi Bharat and The DPI Academy, marking a significant step toward institutionalising DPI-focused capacity building within the public sector.

Speaking at the launch event, J. Satyanarayana said, “One of our key messages is that Digital Public Infrastructure is a means—not an end—in the journey of digital transformation. Our goal is to help civil servants understand that DPI is a foundational tool that can be applied across sectors to achieve meaningful outcomes.”

The DPI Academy, launched in 2022, has delivered courses at several state administrative academies across India, trained international participants from Manila and is planning to grow its collaborations with public and private institutions in India and offer a wide range of DPI-focused training.