From:
Hyperledger India Chapter
To:
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India
Hyperledger's success story - talk about The Linux Foundation, quote from publicly available documents.
Open source and benefits, quote that the draft covers 2 of the solutions.
Why Hyperledger India Chapter?
- Involved in community in 2-3 years
- Talk about success stories of India chapter ~ quote publications
- Talk about engagement models - with students, with industries, with audience
- Showcase things which are already built based from India
- Translation activities being done from India,
Missing use cases:
- Cold chain for supply chain, includes agriculture
- Supplychain financing, SMEs and SMBs on blockchain based platforms
- Trade finance, ports (sea route, air transport)
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Customs and trade finance
- Blockchain for social good use cases (charity, donations)
- National and state highways, collecting tolls, keep track of public infrastructure
- Blockchain for urban development tracking, Public Private Partnership. Smart cities and
- IoT and blockchain use cases
- Grid – smart payment
- Climate action
- State Govt, Central Govt – asset transfer, keeping track
- Digital identities, verifiable credentials - gaining advantages in existing solutions.
- Vaccine Distribution, Administration, Tracking - Use with Digital Identities
- Cross Border Paperless Trade with Digital Identities for Customs, Ports etc
- Microfinancing - Financing small business or individual
- Food Supply Chain - Tracking, Provenance, Certification
- National Vaccination Strategy using Blockchain Credentials.
To add on
- Strict Security and Privacy act/law for collection, storage, and sharing of Public Health Information (PHI) and Personal Identifiable Information (PII)
To look out for:
- Business Service Network (BSN): Provide nodes to other countries. Implement readily available services.
Innovation opportunities:
- Interoperability as a key component
- Ability to influence in working with nonprofit organizations
- Ability to influence in open-source development and establishing standards through grant programs. Startups.
- Opportunities to be future ready in public health space.
- Increased opportunities by providing documents in native language.
Advice on choosing the blockchain protocol:
- Availability of projects like DAML for smart contract layer
What can Hyperledger India Chapter help in?
- Working groups from within India – requires grants
- Help create a Stronger Blockchain Community/Society in India, influence global Standardizations activities.
- Governance/regulation and standardization.
- Helping train and get more expertise on the technology
Options to enhance skills or fill the skills gap
- Introduce curriculum in academia
- Affordable Learning and Certification for mass adoption
- Sample Real Life curated Use Cases as part of Learning
- Affordable and Available Infrastructure for Blockchain Networks
How can Hyperledger India Chapter ensure we execute?
- Identify potential solution providers
- Identify individuals with exceptional knowledge on this domain
- Bridge in skill development
- Regular trainings
- Upskill the workers in administration tasks