India’s digital sovereignty imperative: Why open, interoperable infrastructure can no longer be an afterthought
By Sharya Unamboowe, Vice President and General Manager, Integration, WSO2
India’s policy direction on data governance has never been clearer. From the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act to the National Data Governance Framework and MeitY’s cloud empanelment policy for government workloads, the intent is unambiguous: India’s data must remain under India’s jurisdiction. Yet a quiet contradiction persists, a significant share of Indian enterprise workloads, including those touching sensitive personal and financial data, continues to run on infrastructure owned and legally governed by foreign technology companies.
Closing that gap is no longer just a policy aspiration. For enterprises in BFSI, healthcare, and the public sector, it is fast becoming an operational and compliance necessity; one built on three interlocking priorities: data sovereignty, cloud repatriation, and interoperability. Open-source software, more than any other technology approach, provides the practical foundation for achieving all three.
The data sovereignty gap
India’s regulatory frameworks are...
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