Aadhaar a definite step forward despite security concerns: Soumitra Dutta

Technology alone is not the point, India needs to focus on the impact of Aadhaar access and usage

“India cannot escape the digital revolution,” says SOUMITRA DUTTA, founding dean of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, a well-known economist and the co-editor and author of two influential reports on technology and innovation — the Global Information Technology Report (co-published with the World Economic Forum) and the Global Innovation Index. Both reports have been used by several governments around the world to assess and plan their technology and innovation policies. Digital India has to be the way forward for the country, and one should move beyond technology to assess the impact of the government’s move, Dutta