IIIT-B’s DIP to touch billion lives across globe

In a powerful demonstration of India’s growing global footprint in digital transformation, the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) has taken centre stage in the global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) movement.

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At the 25th Convocation Ceremony held on Sunday, IIIT-B Director Prof. Debabrata Das announced that the institute’s flagship innovation, the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP), has already enabled more than 136 million digital IDs and is set to impact nearly 1 billion people across 27 countries within the next three years.

Prof. Das described MOSIP as a landmark achievement—an open-source, privacy-centric digital ID system developed entirely in India but adopted globally. The platform has garnered international recognition, winning the International Future of Government Award in 2024 and the “Champion” award at the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva.

Its ethical and scalable architecture has made it a trusted solution for governments seeking secure and inclusive identity systems. Calling it a “homegrown R&D product from India to the world,” Prof. Das emphasized how MOSIP exemplifies India’s role as a lighthouse nation in building open digital systems for public good.