Oral History of Nandan Nilekani

Interviewed by David Brock and Uday Kapoor on 2021-01-08 in Bangalore, India X9234.2020
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Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Infosys, one of the largest IT companies in the world, where he became CEO and co-chairman of the Board before becoming Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), at the invitation of Prime Minister Dr. Singh. There he was responsible for implementing the biometric ID system to give a unique ID to all residents of India. It was called the biggest social project on the planet. Nandan serves on numerous boards and is chairman of EkStep, a non-profit literacy and numeracy platform, besides launching several startups as an investor. He has won many prestigious honors, including one of India's highest Civilian Awards, the Padma Bhushan. His book, Imagining India with a foreword by Tom Friedman, is widely acclaimed.
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Catalog Number: 102791997
Lot Number: X9234.2020

[@korathmathew]

Very informative as usual. He pioneered the build up of Digital Public goods in India. Aadhaar and UPI are unparalleled in the world.

[@venkatreddy8829]

Incredible Human Being of our age

[@richasingh5117]

You are country oriented personality sir...🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mohanr6642]

Very informative and inspirational speech

[@koteshkoniki7537]

Forward looking Mr. Nandan had helped in building digital infrastructure for India. Unique ID worked well. In few cases, it is taking months together. Could it have benefitted China if Single Child Policy was not implemented in their Country? Though other Countries might have benefitted from China from Aging factor, China's policy is still best considering all the aspects. Same thoughts may work for India also.

[@AndrewReeman_RemD]

Great interview with a great human 🙂

[@satundhal6477]

Outstanding conversation.

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[@richasingh5117]

Eng. Is a nice and respectful tag for you and socity sir..🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@richasingh5117]

I respect you by hart sir🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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ALMIGHTY GOD WILL DEFINITELY SET EVERYTHING RIGHT 🙏🙏

[@alokeprasad9343]

Sound is so bad that i have to strain my ears to listen to the interviewer.

[@gkala9506]

Sir, would like to meet you someday...

[@bepeacefulinde6389]

Huge respect to him!