INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
today in Colombo on Tuesday (March 26).The conference, through its three sessions and breakout meetings explored the transformative
potential of DPI for enabling service delivery, empowering communities by fostering inclusivity and enriching the economy by driving
innovation.The three sessions included an Opening Plenary with the keynote address delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, wherein he
applauded the conference for being timely.Underlining DPI as a vital enabler for the digitisation of the Sri Lankan economy, the president
Jha, the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka in his welcome remarks and by Dr
other two sessions saw discussions amongst experts from India, Sri Lanka and the region, on the themes of Accelerating Digital Sri Lanka and
Unlocking the Digital Stack respectively
The former focused on roadmap for adoption of DPI in Sri Lanka and the resultant acceleration towards e-governance across the board, with
the opening remarks by Kanaka Herath, State Minister of Technology
The latter went beyond foundational DPI to discuss use cases marrying technology, markets and governance with a special focus on the
positive externalities in the startups domain
This session was opened by MP Dr
Harsha de Silva.The conference was particularly enriched with several breakout meetings between visiting experts from India and their Sri
Lankan counterparts as well as other stakeholders.A key highlight of these was an interaction of the visiting senior officials from
Groups of Government of Sri Lanka on Digital Economy.Futuristic linkages were also initiated in the startup and IT industries domain on the
sessions by Indian experts on the art of pitching and effective marketing
Chairman NASSCOM called on President Wickremesinghe.The Indian High Commission says the conference is another step in the series of
initiatives being undertaken to implement the Vision Document adopted by Prime Minister of India and President of Sri Lanka during the
