New Delhi: The Centre named retired bureaucrat R S Sharma as chairman of its plug-and-play e-commerce platform ONDC and appointed an advisory council including Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani. Sharma is the ex-chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and former CEO of the National Health Authority. He has also served as the ex-mission director of the Aadhaar nodal body UIDAI. The 1978-batch IAS officer was recently named chairman of ONDC. ONDC announced Sharma’s appointment, adding that the platform seeks to unlock the next phase of “acceleration and adoption” under his leadership.
We’re excited to welcome Dr. RS Sharma (@rssharma3) as the Non-Executive Chairperson of ONDC. Under his leadership, we’re ready to unlock the next phase of exponential acceleration and adoption.#ondc #DigitalIndia #everyonescommerce #BharatKhulega #Leadership @PiyushGoyal |… pic.twitter.com/Ml3RMsynj4
— ONDC India (@ONDC_Official) September 10, 2024
ONDC platform has been in the works since 2021 and went online in the Beta stage in September 2022. Incorporated as a section 8 company, ONDC is led by MD and CEO T Koshy. ONDC is a project to democratise e-commerce in India. It is an unbundled solution which encompasses buyers, sellers and logistics service providers. It is network-based and not platform-based, said Sharma. India’s digital public infrastructure enables ONDC to work. AI, deep learning and LLMs are being tapped to understand support for ONDC.
Hear from the visionary Dr. RS Sharma, member of the Advisory Council – ONDC, as he shares insights into the revolutionary Open Network for Digital Commerce.
Discover how ONDC is redefining e-commerce with its network-centric approach, breaking down barriers and fostering… pic.twitter.com/gvy3vfY63Y
— ONDC India (@ONDC_Official) May 29, 2024
Developers and innovators are being roped in to understand the new challenges posed to stakeholders on ONDC, he added. India is creating solutions and systems that are scalable, interoperable frugal, and population scale, added Sharma.
ONDC Advisory Council members
The 14-member advisory council includes Sharma among representatives from industry bodies such as CAIT and RAI, as well as NPCI, NSDL, Digital India Foundation, among others.
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Members
1
Nandan M Nilekani, Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys.
2
Ram Sewak Sharma, former TRAI Chairman
3
Rohit Kumar Singh, former Union Secretary, Consumer Affairs
4
Rajesh Kumar Singh, Defence Secretary Designate.
5
Anurag Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
6
Anil Agrawal, Member, Competition Commission of India
7
Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, Capacity Building Commission
8
Jaxay Shah, Chairman, Quality Council of India
9
Anjali Bansal, Founder and Chairperson of Avaana Capital.
10
Arvind Gupta, Co-Founder and Head, Digital India Foundation.
11
Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, National Payments Corporation India
12
Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO, National Securities Depository Limited
13
Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary-General, Confederation of All India Traders
14
Kumar Rajgopalan, CEO, Retailers Association of India
Former TRAI chairman R S Sharma has been named chairman of ONDC. The Centre also named Nandan Nilekani and 12 others to the ONDC Advisory Council. Biz News Business News – Personal Finance News, Share Market News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Exchange News Today
