In a move to build robust public digital infrastructure using blockchain, Bengaluru-based non-profit VREV Foundation and startup Dhiway Networks have joined forces to create I-PIXI (India Public Information eXchange Infrastructure)a Public Digital Infrastructure (PDI) Hay operates and maintains India’s first verifiable data exchange platform, #MARK Studio anchored on CORD, an enterprise blockchain infrastructure made in India, for the world.
Dr Ashwath Narayan CN, Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT, Science and Technology, Skill Development, Government of Karnataka today announced the launch of I–PIXI for the creation of public registers for digital services. In the joint project, Dhiway will offer its Level 1 Blockchain platform CORD as a public digital infrastructure to the VREV Foundation, which will create and develop I-PIXI using open source infrastructure.
Announcing the Public Digital Infrastructure Initiative, the Honorable Minister said “Karnataka maintains its leadership in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship as India’s top startup destination. The Government of Karnataka is at the forefront of Make in India – Made for the World inspired by the vision of the Honorable Prime Minister. We look forward to organizations like VREV and Dhiway collaborating to create the digital infrastructure required to make citizens’ access to government policies and programs easier.”
VREV operates in the social policy arena to work with the government to move its political intent into action. Public registries such as Aadhaar, PAN and Education certificates enable real-time verification of information is an important element in digital transactions. Applications built on I-PIXI that use the secure credentials of users can significantly improve the ease of management and access to public services for all citizens.
CORD open source blockchain by Dhiway with an OSI approved license (Open Source Initiative) is a layer 1 network made in India with a focus on proof of authority and registry management. The CORD blockchain presents a reliable, secure, portable and extensible verification system based on cryptographic security, a tamper-proof distributed ledger that enables decentralized identifiers (DID), verifiable credentials (VC) and content-addressed storage.
On the occasion, Prof. S Sadagopanfounder of IIIT Bangalore and Chief Mentor of VREV, said, “India is leading the world in digital governance with large-scale implementations in Aadhaar, UPI and Jan Dhan projects. As India takes over the presidency of the G20, we have an opportunity to bring in further innovation in governance, and a public digital infrastructure in this domain is critical to fulfilling the aspirations of a billion plus Indians.”
“VREV will incubate the public digital infrastructure with an Indian blockchain CORD, and I-PIXI will be available for all public registries, intended for credential management (Aadhaar / Education / PAN / etc..). We expect that this will bring all digitized registry data into the public domain, with high standards of privacy The next phase of digitization in India is automation of last mile government services and Web3-based personal control of data that allows the use of the data with full control and approval of the individual , so KP Vinod, CEO, VREV Foundation.
“As India assumes the presidency of the G20 and we automate governance at scale, VREV looks forward to contributing to the global endeavor of digital governance,” Vinod added.
“Dhiway is pleased to announce the offering of the CORD blockchain through its partnership with the VREV Foundation to build digital trust registries for the government. We believe this opens up many opportunities for innovative approaches to information management and access”, said Satish Mohan, CTO and co-founder of Dhiway.
I-PIXI – India Public Information eXchange Infrastructure will be the digitized information backbone on an Indian Blockchain as a management infrastructure for aggregated records. Founded by technologists with extensive experience in building open source projects that scale, Dhiway is committed to working with open standards to drive innovation and help build it on an Indian blockchain, CORD.
About the VREV Foundation: The VREV (pronounced “We Rev”) Foundation is a Section 8 (12A, 80G) corporation that seeks to incubate projects focused on improving governance technologies that leverage technology. VREV’s main incubation project is to create a template for an Indian public blockchain. The aim is to create a first of its kind Public Digital Infrastructure (PDI) for management based on Web 3.0 principles. Visit
About Dhiway: Bengaluru-headquartered startup Dhiway Networks fosters and manages digitization technologies, the open source way to unlock a fairer world. Digitization will promote the creation of digital public goods, so that organizations can build safe, reliable and inclusive digital public infrastructure at scale, improving outcomes for people. Dhiway is a founding member of the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, which works to help enable the reliable exchange and verification of data between two parties on the Internet. For more information, visit:
