The year 2024 brings with it more developments in strategic technologies, a key issue for countries across South Asia. From artificial intelligence to 5G data networks, states in the subcontinent, especially India, are strategising through multilateral and bilateral cooperation on initiatives like the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology, to increase their imprint in the geopolitical technology arena. In this episode, Ms Tanujja Dadlani, Research Analyst, ISAS, is in conversation with Dr Karthik Nachiappan, Research Fellow, ISAS. They discuss India’s developments in Digital Public Infrastructure, its Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and how it is adapting to and countering the rise of other key players in the region such as China.