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Nandan nilekani born 2 june 1955 is an indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat, and politician. Janhavi nilekani to wed next week bengaluru news times of. Set up with her husband, nandan nilekani in 2014, the education nonprofit is an open learning platform that improves and amplifies. Unlike india unbound, this book focuses primarily on postindependent india and takes a more pragmatic approach towards understanding the problems of contemporary india. Reviews and mentions of publications, products, or services do not constitute endorsement or recommendation for purchase. Rohini nilekani is the cofounder and director of ekstep foundation. Disrupting the disrupter nandan nilekani at aimas 62nd foundation day full session duration. After serving as its president and then ceo, hes now joined the indian government to help lead a massive new it project. 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.
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Nandan nilekani helped cofound infosys the indian tech giant in 1981, serving as ceo from 2002 to 2007. Nandan nilekani cofounded infosys, one of indias leading information technology companies, back in 1981. Between 2009 and 2014, nilekani served as the chairman of the unique identification authority of india, which is. That could serve equally as an epigraph for nandans own life. Nandan nilekani returns as good cop but co is now a town that needs a tough makeover news paper august 24, 2017 at 9. Nilekanis daughter to wed her yale senior indian express. Free shipping, cash on delivery at indias favourite online shop. Nilekani is also the cofounder and chairman of ekstep, a notforprofit effort that is working on creating a learner centric technologybased platform for literacy of children. Nilekanis most ambitious project to teach 200 million. It is not only about the journey of aadhar but how it is a game changer in transfer of subsidy to billions of indians. Its a rare step in indian politics in fact, the times of india calls nilekanis move the biggest movement from private sector to government in india in recallable memory.
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