Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, joined the launch of “DPI@2047 for Viksit Bharat: A Strategic Roadmap to Enable Non-linear Inclusive Socio-economic Growth,” developed by the NITI Frontier Tech Hub in consultation with MeitY and leading experts. The roadmap outlines how India can make data, AI and knowledge accessible at scale, so that every citizen, business and local economy can benefit. It sets the direction for DPI 2.0 (2025–2035), shifting from a welfare-led approach to one focused on livelihoods and long-term prosperity. It highlights eight priority areas to address key challenges faced by lower- and middle-income groups: expanding MSME market access and local job opportunities, improving smallholder farmer incomes, enabling learner-centric education, strengthening universal healthcare, widening access to credit, building decentralised energy systems, and ensuring benefits reach every eligible citizen. Prof. Sood noted that India’s DPI journey has already demonstrated what can be achieved at population scale, with DPI 1.0 standing out as a landmark engineering accomplishment that enabled identity, payments, and data-sharing infrastructure. However, he emphasized that DPI 2.0 represents a fundamentally different challenge, one that is scientific in nature. Prof. Sood further reflected on India’s ambitious goal of becoming a $30 trillion economy with a per capita income of $18,000 by 2047. He underscored that the importance of this vision lies not merely in its scale, but in the structural transformation it requires; one that ensures inclusive growth, accessible opportunities, and coordinated, system-wide execution. He drew attention to the roadmap’s focus on high-impact sectoral transformations, particularly those aimed at removing structural bottlenecks for lower- and middle-income groups. The launch was attended by Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Suman Bery; CEO, NITI Aayog, Ms Nidhi Chhibber; Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. V. V Anantha Nageswaran; Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog, Ms Debjani Ghosh; Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri S Krishnan (online); CEO and Co-founder, Infosys, Mr Nandan Nilekani (online); and CEO, EkStep Foundation, Mr Shankar Maruwada. The report can be accessed at: https://lnkd.in/eiMUXEa7