Many Member States of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) have had impressive successes in deploying ICT solutions to overcome challenges and advance progress on their digital transformation journeys.

The CTO Secretariat conceptualised a Digital Transformation Centre Stage (DTCS) event that sought to highlight and celebrate India’s successes in effective ICT adoption, to showcase them and to inform and encourage other CTO members.

This inaugural DTCS featured the Republic of India, providing provide insight into the Aadhaar (unique identifier) and Unified Payment Interface systems, which are significant elements of the Digital India programme. The featured country provided insights into the environment needed, how the innovation was deployed, and the impact on national development.

Each edition of DTCS will place a spotlight on a specific CTO member country and the transformative ICT solutions and innovations that have been deployed.

The objectives of this Digital Transformation Centre Stage were to:

• • Present members’ success in digital transformation;
  • Share insight, best practices on digital transformation; and
  • Facilitate support for members from the featured country