Ajay Sawhney

Ajay Sawhney was appointed as the secretary to Government of India- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.  His work on National Policy on electronics was a starting stone for Electronics reforms in this sector.  His initial work in 2010-2012 as the CEO of the national e-governance programme had served as the starting point for formulation of the Aadhar card system and digital payments in government portals and schemes. As secretary to Government of India- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, he has formulated policies that have led to exponential growth in digital payments in India. He has widely been credited for playing a major role in easing policy and encouraging the digital India initiative and the make in India initiative through policy reform, this has helped transform India into an electronics manufacturing hub for the largest mobile and consumer electronics companies of the world.