IIT-Madras to provide technical expertise to boost digital payment SECTIONS Share Synopsis IIT-Madras researchers will work on research around machine learning and artificial intelligence to make the technology backend more robust and secure and generate useful digital data history and footprint. ThinkStock Photos The year's Union budget allocated Rs 1,500 crore to help drive the adoption of digital payments in the country and MPFI is working to identify innovation across three key areas- human behaviour and adoption, technology (design and safeguards), and policy aspects. (This story originally appeared in on May 10, 2021)CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology- Madras (IIT-M) said on Monday that its researchers will collaborate with members of the Mobile Payment Forum of India (MPFI) to develop voice-based solutions, especially in multiple vernacular languages, for increased adoption of digital payments in India.