Chennai, Oct 5 (PTI) The IIT-Madras on Monday hosted an event to celebrate the arrival of ‘Cashless Nation: How UPI Changed Everything’, a new book chronicling the conception and remarkable rise of India’s Unified Payments Interface.
Co-authored by IIT-M alumnus and technologist Santanu Paul and veteran career banker B Sambamurthy, the Penguin Random House publication coincides with the 10th anniversary of the UPI ecosystem.
Hosted by IIT-M Director V Kamakoti, the campus event was attended by former RBI Governor C Rangarajan, former WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan, and BSE India MD and CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy.
Delivering the keynote, Rangarajan called the book a “brilliant narrative” of the events, policies, and personalities behind UPI.
“It is an envy of the world now, and open to everyone from a street vendor to a billionaire,” he said, praising its engaging storytelling.
Kamakoti noted UPI has become a global role model, driving the nation’s economic growth.
Drawing on the authors’ direct experience with institutions like NPCI and IDRBT, the book offers a ringside view of India’s digital transformation, previously lauded by Nandan Nilekani as reading “like a thriller.” PTI JR KH
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