Digital infrastructure is ultimately responsible if India has to leapfrog, says RS Sharma

“India has done a tremendous amount of leapfrogging, when it comes to digital things, be it creating a digital identity way back or introducing horizontal platforms like Aadhaar, electronic KYC, digital payment, and electronic signature. Co-Win is a platform that has ensured a transparent and orderly way of vaccinating people, 1.6 billion doses have been administered so far. Connectivity is a very, very critical ingredient to the success of any programme, including Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, National Digital Tourism Mission, PM-WANI programme and so many others.

Digital infrastructure is ultimately responsible if India has to leapfrog. Moving forward, we will have to have more densification of the networks that are more ubiquitous. The throughput will go up, latency will go down. And of course, there will be a huge machine to machine communication. A lot of areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, everything will develop, and these will all develop around interconnectivity.”

Dr. R. S. Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority, at DIPA’s Annual Flagship Event on January 21, 2022. Communications Today was the exclusive media partner.

CT Bureau