Reliance opens digital research hub in Estonia

“Reliance Industries has set up a research centre for Jio in Estonia. The research centre aims at understanding the digital Estonian society and the benefit it can offer to India and Indians,” an official statement from Estonia’s e-residency programme said Wednesday.

The centre is headed by Taavi Kotka, the former chief information officer of Estonia and also one of the founders of e-residency programme, it added. It can be noted that Estonia is one of the most digitally connected societies in the world, wherein almost the entire citizen-government interface takes place in the virtual world, including aspects like insurance renewals, and buying drugs for personal use, among others.

The Estonians, who number just about 1.32 mn, have a single identity that’s used to avail of services across the board. Experts say Aadhaar can technically help replicate the same success here. Ambani has been appreciative of the advancements made by Estonia in the e-governance space.

Recently, Ambani made a pitch for data localisation after announcing RIL’s plans to enter e-commerce.