Dilip Asbe

Dilip Asbe is the managing director and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), serving since January 2018 after rising through the ranks from CTO and COO. Under his leadership, NPCI processes over 18 billion financial transactions monthly, operating platforms like UPI, RuPay, IMPS, AePS, Bharat QR, and the Bharat Bill Payment System.

Asbe’s vision includes taking UPI global. He’s spearheaded expansions into countries like the UAE, Singapore, and France, aiming for 100 billion UPI transactions a month and enabling voice‑based payments and credit-enabled UPI services. Asbe holds a Master’s degree in global management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, and a degree in electronics engineering from Mumbai University.

Asbe is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. In India, his work spans AI-driven fraud detection, risk analytics, personalisation, and cyber-fraud mitigation, with a clear view that AI will significantly impact data generation.