V.Srinivasan, chairman, eMudhra, has assumed charge of Asia PKI Consortium. Srinivasan has already been holding the chairmanship of India PKI Forum. He was elected to the new position through a voting process by all the member nations and will serve a tenure of 2 years. Asia PKI Consortium is a global forum of 10+ countries that promotes awareness and adoption of PKI technology to enhance security in the digital world. The forum has launched many fruitful activities since its inception in 2001. It has coordinated cross-border PKI policies and technology, studied the laws and regulations of electronic transactions, and accelerated PKI technology standardization and the interoperability among the members. Srinivasan said globally, countries are embarking on digital transformation efforts to promote cross border electronic trade and as a result society is becoming integrated digitally. In this integrated digital society, cyber security has become a focal point and digital trust enabled through PKI is critical in facilitating secure digital transformation.”