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Shankar Maruwada is CEO and co-founder of the EkStep Foundation. He was part of the founding team of Aadhaar, India\u2019s digital identity program reaching more than 1.4 billion people, and as Head of Demand Generation and Communication at the Unique Identification Authority of India, he helped drive its national adoption. He has worked with governments and global institutions, including the MIT Media Lab, on population-scale digital systems.<\/em>
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\n<\/em> Angela Chitkara is founder of the US\u2013India Corridor, a cross-border advisory firm, and serves on the faculty of Columbia University\u2019s School of International and Public Affairs. She advises companies and institutions on governance, risk and resilience, and workforce transformation, and has worked on India\u2019s Aadhaar project.<\/em><\/p>\n