Blockchain Lab

Blockchain Lab

PwC India Blockchain Lab is an innovation hub focused on helping organisations unlock the value of blockchain through deep industry expertise and technology-led innovation.

Established in 2017, the lab brings together certified blockchain professionals, business analysts and engineers to design and deliver scalable, secure and business-ready solutions. From tokenisation and digital assets to carbon market platforms, supply chain traceability and decentralised identity, we help clients create real-world impact through distributed ledger technologies.

Our vision is to enable businesses, regulators and ecosystems to build trust, improve transparency and unlock new models of value creation in a digital trust based future.

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Our unique value proposition

In a rapidly changing business environment, trust, transparency and integrity have become essential. PwC identifies blockchain as one of the essential eight technologies, given its growing role in transforming how value is exchanged across ecosystems.

At PwC India’s Blockchain Lab, we help enterprises reimagine value, trust and growth in the Web 3.0 era. Using cryptography, consensus mechanisms and smart contracts, we design and scale blockchain solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

We bring deep blockchain expertise, sector knowledge and global experience to help clients assess opportunities, review business models and shape future-ready strategies. As a trusted subject matter expert, we help organisations adopt leading practices, navigate emerging technologies and build confidence in their blockchain transformation journey.

We partner with clients from strategy through implementation, working as one team to co-create solutions that deliver measurable outcomes. Through strong alliances with leading technology and cloud providers, we enable seamless execution, faster go-to-market and sustainable business value.

Beyond technology, we help drive meaningful transformation. Our lab supports organisations in shaping their Web 3.0 journey through tailored, next-generation blockchain solutions that enhance transparency, improve efficiency and unlock new models of trust, collaboration and value creation.

Our capabilities

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Years of experience
Delivering blockchain-led advisory, pilots and production solutions across public and private sector transformation programs.
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Advisory Services
Supporting clients from strategy and business case development to solution design, operating model definition and implementation planning.
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Sectors Served
Experience across Financial Services, Public Sector, ESG, Healthcare, Retail and Manufacturing use cases.
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Global Pilots
Designed and executed pilot programs to validate blockchain use cases, assess feasibility and demonstrate measurable business value.
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Solutions in Production
Production-grade deployments enabling traceability, tokenisation, digital credentials and workflow transformation at scale.
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MVPs
Rapid MVP development to test concepts, validate user journeys and accelerate innovation from idea to enterprise readiness.

Our offerings

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Trust architecture and ecosystem design

Trust architecture and ecosystem design

Designing multi-party trust frameworks, governance models and regulatory-aligned ecosystems.

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Smart contract and controls integration

Smart contract and controls integration​

Embedding programmable business rules, compliance logic and workflow automation into enterprise processes.

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Tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure

Tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure

Enabling the creation, management and lifecycle of digital assets through robust tokenisation frameworks.

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Identity, provenance and traceability solutions

Identity, provenance and traceability solutions

Building verifiable identity and traceability layers across supply chains and enterprise ecosystems.

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Blockchain platform engineering and integration

Blockchain platform engineering and integration

Developing production-ready blockchain networks and integrating them into enterprise systems.

Our approach to engagement 

Our approach is built on collaboration, agility, and innovation, ensuring every engagement delivers measurable value and long-term impact for our client. We combine strategic insight with deep technological expertise to help clients navigate their blockchain journey with confidence. 

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Strategic and technology consulting

We bring together a diverse, multidisciplinary team of technologists, business consultants and subject matter experts to provide holistic consulting support, from defining blockchain strategy to enabling enterprise-grade implementation.

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Collaboration with sector experts

By collaborating closely with PwC’s sector specialists, we align blockchain initiatives with industry-specific priorities, regulatory requirements, and emerging market trends.

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Agile and phased implementation

Our agile business methodology ensures efficient execution through phase-wise implementation, curated sprint-level plans, and clearly defined deliverables, enabling continuous alignment with client goals.

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Co-sell and co-deliver model

We adopt a co-sell and co-deliver approach wherever applicable, working alongside clients as true partners in innovation to accelerate adoption and ensure tangible business outcomes.

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Collaboration across the PwC network

Leveraging PwC’s global network, we collaborate with member firms to strengthen the position of global companies in domestic markets, helping them scale and localise their blockchain capabilities.

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Building innovation hubs

We enable Global Capability Centres (GCCs) to evolve into innovation hubs by establishing centres of excellence, fostering continuous experimentation, capability building, and blockchain-driven transformation.

Our key customisable accelerators

Alongside our accelerators, we help clients assess blockchain opportunities, solve business challenges and design tailored solutions from ideation to enterprise-scale implementation and impact.

Accelerator  Use case Value delivered Sectors covered
Traceability solution   Traceability solution customised for industry needs. End-to-end traceability for sustainable supply chain  Healthcare, Automobile, Textile
Asset tokenisation   Asset tokenisation for financial assets (CBDC), luxury items.  Real-time payment and settlement with audit and compliance ESG, Fin-tech
Digital certificate management   Birth/death certificate, educational certificate etc. Immutable tamper-proof verifiable credentials   Public sector, Education
Vendor management Automated end-to-end contracts and invoices management Transparency and immutability  Real estate, Retail
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Our blockchain-platform skilled resources

Our blockchain platform
New challenge round to test ideas deeper
Ethereum
Mentor window for abstract round qualifiers
Hyperledger Fabric
Aligned timelines with PPO/PPI schedules
Hyperledger Besu
Strategic campus and IIM additions for wider reach
Firefly 
Strategic campus and IIM additions for wider reach
Kaleido
Strategic campus and IIM additions for wider reach
R3 Corda 

Key sectors catered by us

Financial Services
Financial services
Energy and Utilities
Energy and utilities
Public Sector
Public sector
Healthcare
Healthcare
ESG
ESG
Real Estate
Real estate
Manufacturing and automobiles
Manufacturing and automobiles
Supply chain
Supply chain

Insights

FAQ's

Blockchain is a shared digital record system that allows multiple parties to view, update, and trust the same set of information without relying on one central owner to validate every transaction. Its real value for business lies in creating a common source of truth across organisations, which reduces disputes, improves visibility, and makes processes involving multiple stakeholders more reliable and efficient.

Blockchain is most useful in business situations where processes are slowed down by fragmented data, repeated verification, manual reconciliation, and a lack of trust between parties. By enabling a shared and tamper-evident record of transactions, it helps organisations streamline collaboration, reduce operational friction, improve accountability, and unlock more efficient ways of managing assets, payments, documents, and multi-party workflows.

Yes, blockchain can significantly improve the speed of transactions and settlements by reducing the dependency on manual confirmations, batch-based processing, and multiple system reconciliations between parties. When business rules, payment logic, and ownership records are handled in a more synchronised and programmable environment, organisations can move value more quickly, shorten settlement cycles, and improve liquidity and responsiveness across operations.

Tokenisation is the process of representing a real-world asset, financial instrument, or business right in digital form on blockchain so that it can be more easily tracked, transferred, divided, or financed. Its business value comes from turning traditionally static or hard-to-move assets into more flexible and usable instruments, enabling better liquidity, broader access, more efficient ownership transfer, and entirely new ways to structure products, services, and market participation.

Blockchain creates new business opportunities by making it possible to digitise assets, automate transactions, and design services around programmable ownership and participation. This allows organisations to rethink how value is packaged and exchanged, whether through fractional access to assets, real-time settlement models, digital marketplaces, embedded compliance workflows, or more efficient partner ecosystems, ultimately opening up commercial models that are difficult to support with conventional infrastructure alone.

Yes, blockchain is most valuable when it works alongside existing enterprise platforms rather than in isolation, which is why successful implementations are typically designed to integrate with core systems, APIs, reporting tools, and operational workflows already in place. The real advantage is not just adding a new technology layer, but connecting trusted shared records with existing business processes in a way that improves coordination, preserves system investments, and enables practical adoption without unnecessary disruption.

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Arijit Chakraborti

Partner, PwC India

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Md Imtiaz Khan

Managing Director, PwC India

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