Kamya Chandra

Kameshwari (Kamya) Chandra is Cofounder at CDPI working to guide countries in the design and implementation of digital public infrastructure. She previously served as an Advisor on DPI to India’s Ministry of Finance towards financial inclusion. She was on the founding team driving Account Aggregator – India’s open finance implementation – from zero to 1 billion+ financial accounts live, and enabled a seamless digital KYC for SMEs using Udhyam (a small business identity document) and Digilocker via a combination of regulatory amendments and technical upgrades across the government. She also serves on multiple Advisory Boards, including for the Centre for Public Intelligence created by Oxford researchers; the Code for Govtech Initiative at IIIT-Hyderabad; and formerly for the UN Future of Government Awards. She has published widely on digital government and the economic impact of DPI across World Bank, IMF, and CDPI publications. She was formerly part of the founding team at the World Bank’s ID4D Initiative driving DPI adoption across West Africa and worked with the Boston Consulting Group in London. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics. Outside of work, she loves to play piano, read, snorkel, and spend time with her daughter!