Citizen Stack 2025

Opening Session: Moderator Alex Wong, ITU 

9:30 – 10:30

Welcome Remarks

Arindam Bagchi 

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva 

Opening Address

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary General

International Telecommunication Union 

How India became a Digital-First Nation in

Under a Decade 

V. K. Saraswat

Member, NITI Aayog, India  

DPI for the Future: 

Emerging Technologies and Policy Roadmap

S. Krishnan

Vice Minister

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, India

Citizen Stack: 

Advancing the Digital Frontier 

Amitabh Kant 

India's G20 Sherpa  

Session 1: Moderator Madhumitha Ramanathan, iSPIRT

10:30 – 10: 50

Future-Proofing Nations: Role of DPI Sutras

Sharad Sharma

Co-Founder, iSPIRT  

Session 2: Moderator Vamsi Madhav, CEO, Finvu

10:50 – 11:30

Crafting Data Standards to Ensure Reliable and

Ethical AI for DPI

Dame Wendy Hall 

Regius Professor of Computer Science, and Director

Web Science Institute, University of Southampton

Global DPI: 

Building Trust for Collaborative Governance

Roberto Viola

Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission

Necessity for Global Collaboration for DPIs

Henri Verdier 

Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France 

Session 3: Moderator Nagarajan Santhanam, Chief Dissemination Officer, MOSIP

11:30 – 12

Citizen Stack for the World: Implementation Across Nations

David Almirol Jr.

E-Government Undersecretary, Department of

Information & Communications Technology, Philippines

 

Saminas Belaynh Seyfu

Stakeholder Engagement Director, National ID Program, Ethiopia

Session 4: Moderator Harshit Kacholia, Fellow, iSPIRT

12 – 12:30

Digital Governance: 

Policies, Cyber Diplomacy & Citizen-Centric Innovations for a DPI-driven Future 

Amit Shukla

Joint Secretary, Cyber Diplomacy

Ministry of External Affairs, India  

 

Sanket Bhondve

Joint Secretary, Digital Governance 

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, India

 

Bilel Jamoussi

TSB Deputy Director, ITU

 

Ritesh Shukla 

CEO, NPCI International Payments Limited 

12:30 – 12:45

Audience Comments