GraphQL for GovTech
Bharat Kashyap | ⚡ Lightning Talk
February 2021
🏛️ GovTech?
Evolution
(80s - 90s) Computerisation
(90 - 00s) Digitisation
(10s - now) Public Digital Infrastructure
(10s - now) Public Digital Infrastructure
Ecosystem
Case Studies
GraphQL in Government
e-Samwad
Digital public goods for school education
e-Samwad
Digital public goods for school education
No unified student database
Remote region: Student-teacher communication fraught
No systems for student progress monitoring
e-Samwad
Digital public goods for school education
Mobile App: Student-Parent interface
Unified student database
Learning progress monitoring systems
Saksham Samiksha
Digital public goods for school education
Saksham Samiksha
Digital public goods for school education
Learnings
Deploying GraphQL inside the greatest enterprise of them all
Challenges
Migration
Community
Benefits
Fast
Configurable
Scalable