State of DPI in India 2026
State of DPI in Education — Mapping the Ecosystem, Credentials, and Maturity
Education is fundamentally organised around the learner's lifelong journey rather than a single institution or service provider. This chapter examines India's Education DPI ecosystem through an ecosystem perspective—mapping learners, providers, credentialing bodies, and regulators, analyzing core building blocks in use (APAAR, Academic Bank of Credits, DIKSHA, NDEAR), documenting state-level trajectories across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Gujarat, and evaluating...
Bhardwaj, K. (2026). State of DPI in Education. In The State of DPI in India 2026 (2nd ed., pp. 109–134). Center for Digital Public Goods (CDPG), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
@incollection{bhardwaj2026statedpi,
title={State of DPI in Education},
author={Bhardwaj, Keshav},
booktitle={The State of DPI in India 2026},
edition={Second},
pages={109--134},
publisher={Center for Digital Public Goods (CDPG), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore},
year={2026},
month={sep},
url={https://www.iimb.ac.in/cdpg/State-India-DPI-Report-2026/}
}