#098 "Empowering Merchants": In Conversation With Thampy Koshy, MD ONDC

On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to T Koshy, MD and CEO of ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce). ONDC is a private non-profit Section 8 company established by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) of Government of India to develop open e-commerce. Previously, Mr Koshy was part of the startup team of NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited). He subsequently joined Ernst & Young as a senior partner, where he worked exclusively in population scale problems and its digital solutions. He has played a key role in projects such as DEMAT, UIDAI, GST, the Tax Information Network, and CoWIN to name a few, and has been involved extensively with the ecosystem developing open source solutions and digital public infrastructure.In this conversation you will learn about e-commerce, the setting up of ONDC, how the protocol works, how it facilitates sellers and buyers, use cases, the future of ONDC and more.TCR: Weekend Edition with T Koshy on YoutubeFor more of our coverage check out thecore.inSubscribe to our NewsletterFollow us on:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin | Youtube | Telegram