event

CBDCs: Redesigning Digital Futures

Tue. September 14th, 2021

Zoom webinar

Central banks around the world are actively adopting new technologies and investing in digital currencies. These currencies or CBDCs have the potential to significantly impact global payment systems.

We hosted a 'Tech for Thought: A KnowledgeTransfer series' workshop, titled 'CBDCs: Redesigning Digital Futures', on September 14. Conducted in partnership with Plaksha University (based in Mohali) this event aimed to answer questions such as, what exactly are CBDCs? How do they work? How will they be regulated?

event speakers

Shehnaz Ahmed
Shehnaz Ahmed is a senior resident fellow and team lead (Fintech) at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Prior to joining Vidhi, she has worked as an associate at the Financial Regulatory Practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai where her work focused on advising leading financial institutions (both Indian and multinational), including payment systems on legal and regulatory issues in India.
Jonathan Dharmapalan
Jonathan Dharmapalan is the founder of eCurrency™ where he invented and pioneered the method to create central bank-issued digital fiat currency. He is the recognized expert in digital currency, with expansive knowledge of policy and technical requirements for central bank digital currency (CBDC). Prior to establishing eCurrency, Jonathan was the head of Ernst & Young’s Global Telecommunications Practice. Jonathan has over 30 years of related technology and business experience.

event speakers

Shehnaz Ahmed
Shehnaz Ahmed is a senior resident fellow and team lead (Fintech) at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Prior to joining Vidhi, she has worked as an associate at the Financial Regulatory Practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai where her work focused on advising leading financial institutions (both Indian and multinational), including payment systems on legal and regulatory issues in India.
Jonathan Dharmapalan
Jonathan Dharmapalan is the founder of eCurrency™ where he invented and pioneered the method to create central bank-issued digital fiat currency. He is the recognized expert in digital currency, with expansive knowledge of policy and technical requirements for central bank digital currency (CBDC). Prior to establishing eCurrency, Jonathan was the head of Ernst & Young’s Global Telecommunications Practice. Jonathan has over 30 years of related technology and business experience.