# Democratizing Technology: India Stack 3.0 and the Future of Digital Public Infrastructure

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Podcast: [Beyond the Indus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750)
Published: 2026-06-10T14:06:13+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-diplomat-indus/episodes/Democratizing-Technology-India-Stack-3-0-and-the-Future-of-Digital-Public-Infrastructure-e3kjqnj
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## Resource

Dr. Pramod Varma, chief architect of Aadhaar, UPI, and the India Stack, and co-founder of Networks for Humanity, joins host Tushar Shetty to discuss the design philosophy and the next stages of India's Digital Public Infrastructure. We discuss the core principles that distinguish the India Stack from platform models like Alipay and PayPal, the Account Aggregator framework's consent architecture and its relationship to data protection regimes like the GDPR, the extension of DPI logic to business identity and flow-based lending through the Unified Lending Interface, the role of AI as both a driver of demand for DPI foundations and an opportunity for, the case for DPI as a replicable global model for the democratization of technology. For more in-depth analysis on South Asia, subscribe to the Beyond the Indus podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts , or follow us on YouTube for video episodes.

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