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He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine and forbes business leader of the year, and he is a member of the world economic forum board. Nandan, along with his wife, rohini, founder of arghyam foundation, cofounded ekstep foundation, a digital platform for education that aims to address learning challenges in the primary education. After a successful career at infosys, he headed the government of india. This is the official page of nandan nilekani, the former chairman of the unique identification authority of india. When nandan nilekanis daughter jahnavi tied the knot with her college sweetheart shray chandra in the city recently, the wedding ceremony itself was a quiet affair. After serving as its president and then ceo, hes now joined the indian government to help lead a massive new it project. Nandan nilekanis book imagining india encompasses the central ideas that shaped modern india, which have contributed to the countrys progress, as well as those ideas that stifled its growth. Of counsel book launch arvind subramanian in conversation with. But it may very well be the largest book to have come out in recent times in terms of its demand and its printrun, said a. N chandrasekaran left with infosys chairman nandan nilekani. Jahnavi is enrolled for her phd at the kennedy school in harvard.
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Nandan nilekani, one of the cofounders of infosys, is currently the chairman of unique identification authority of india uidai. Nilekani, say his peers, is a charmer with a gift of the gab, who can engage people from all walks of lifebe it a budding entrepreneur seeking words of wisdom, an executive disillusioned at. Nandan nilekani net worth, earning and salary 2020 as an entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician, nandan nilekani is profoundly carrying out all his responsibilities with the might of his financial power. In 2009 he bid adieu to the organization after working for a little less than three decades.
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In a blog post about slumdog millionaire, nandan nilekani alluded to the films valuable subtext that it doesnt matter where you come from, only where you are headed. He cofounded infosys and is the nonexecutive chairman of infosys. Nandan nilekani speaking at the launch of sahamati in mumbai. Nandan nilekani, the chairman of unique identification authority of india, is a cofounder of infosys. Nandan nilekani invested in an app that recruits small neighborhood businesses to sell their products online, like these kandil, or. The idea of a renewed nation by software entrepreneur nandan nilekani comes through with genuine insights. The only way to bring nandan on board, is to talk about. At a book launch party in bangalore, he had been asked by many of the attendees to join politics. He was the chairperson of the unique identification authority of india uidai since 2009, a cabinet ranking position. Janhavi nilekani to wed next week bengaluru news times. Nilekani served as the ceo of infosys from 2002 to 2007, when he relinquished his position to his colleague kris gopalakrishnan. He cofounded infosys and is the nonexecutive chairman of infosys replacing r seshasayee and ravi venkatesan, who were the cochairs of the board, on 24 august 2017.
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Unlike india unbound, this book focuses primarily on postindependent india and takes a more pragmatic approach towards understanding the problems of contemporary india. Nandan nilekani is the former chairman of infosys, and one of the cofounders. Nandan nilekani, 2016 indian banking in a time of change 1 2. Nilekanis daughter to wed her yale senior indian express. Nandan nilekani is an indian entrepreneur and bureaucrat, former chairman of unique identification authority of india uidai. He is one of the cofounders of infosys technologies ltd and served as the chief executive officer from 2002 2007. The book was then officially launched by mr nandan nilekani. Modi was known to have an aversion for backchannels. At the event, nilekani gave a speech that described the invitation to launch. Top business leaders including deepak parekh and nandan nilekani have come together to back an innovative concept of an iim graduate penning down 21 innovative ideas in form short stories.
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Disrupting the disrupter nandan nilekani at aimas 62nd foundation day full session. Nandan nilekani he was the founding chairman of the unique identification authority of india uidai in the rank of a cabinet minister from 2009 2014. Nandan nilekani imagining india leadership crossroads. Nandan nilekani is the cofounder of tech giant infosys and its nonexecutive chairman since august 2017. Nandan nilekani, new infosys chairman addresses media. A graduate of the indian institute of technology, he has received a number of prestigious awards, including the joseph schumpeter prize, and has been recognized for his technological and economic innovation by the likes of time and forbes. Nandan nilekani is counting every indian for the worlds largest biometric database. Takshashila conducted the book launch of lt gen prakash menons the. He is considered to be the one of the richest businessman and one of the richest billionaires this article, we present an insight into. Infosys cochairman and author of imagining india nandan m nilekani presenting his autographed book to a reader during the inauguration of the 60th anniversary of strand book festival in bangalore. Nandan nilekani is a software entrepreneur, cofounder of infosys technologies, and the head of the government of indias technology committee. A middleclass kid from a small town, he rose to become a cofounder and cochairman of infosys technologies and a. Nandan nilekani signs autograph at the launch of his book.
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