India’s Independence Day, August 15th, 2025, at 12am local time, the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI India) announced its official launch.
The think tank, which advocates Bitcoin as a strategic tool to secure India’s economic future, made the announcement on India’s Independence Day, pointing out that state independence and financial sovereignty are closely linked.
The Institute will provide data-driven research and education to policymakers, regulators and Indian citizens in order to promote a clear pro-Bitcoin policy framework, according to a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine.
It also plans to introduce Bitcoin as a hedge of geopolitical uncertainty. It is a network that can reduce transaction costs and a way to turn the country’s rich energy resources into strategic financial assets.
“Just as Indian freedom fighters have secured our political independence, this generation has the opportunity to secure our economic sovereignty with global open financial standards,” said Mithilesh Kumar Jha, founder of BPI India, in a press release.
“Our mission is to ensure that India will not only participate in this new financial paradigm, but lead it. We are defending not only technology, but more powerful and more Atmanirbal (independent) India,” he added.
BPI India’s 5-pillar approach
BPI India will address the key need for clear and concrete policies in a domain that founding members believe is often marked by misinformation and regulatory ambiguity.
For this reason, we plan to concentrate five strategic pillars on approximately five strategic pillars.
Sovereign Mining Initiative: This provides guidance on how state-level governments in India can best convert renewable energy into Bitcoin. Policy Advocacy and Research: It serves as a reliable resource for federal and state-level government officials. Strategic Research Initiative: This will build and strengthen Bitcoin cases as domestic and corporate treasury ministry. Education: This helps to promote broader financial literacy by making Bitcoin easy to understand for the public. Enabling Commerce and Payment: This will help accelerate the ability to create low-cost global transactions with Bitcoin in countries where Bitcoin’s Lightning network payments are not yet popular.
Avi Burra, founder of BPI India, provided broader insights into BPI India’s approach.
“Our goal is to work with policymakers to make the Bitcoin ecosystem even more clear,” Burra said in a press release. “A predictable regulatory framework is key to maximizing the innovation potential of India while ensuring consumer protection.”
Burra also added that the first pillar of the institute’s approach was inspired by one of its Indian neighbours in the northeast.
“Our initial focus is to show how clear policies on sustainable Bitcoin mining can be just as positive for the Indian energy grid and generate sovereign wealth,” he said.
Next Steps
The Institute will begin work by publishing a white paper on state-level mining opportunities and launching educational briefings with policymakers.
It also publishes what is called the “CFO Playbook,” a guide to Indian companies seeking to employ Bitcoin as a financial asset.
Many people who work hard in India’s Bitcoin space are waiting with concern for BPI India to begin.
“Institutions like BPI India are not only welcome, they are necessary,” said Shreyan Joshi, education and event coordinator at Bitshala, an Indian Bitcoin hub that trains the next generation of open source developers and designers. “As the global financial environment is changing, having a dedicated institution to generate rigorous, India-centric research on this emerging asset class is invaluable for both our public and private sectors to make informed decisions.”
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Source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/indias-first-bitcoin-think-tank-launches-on-independence-day-its-mission-financial-sovereignty
