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Coordinates | 56°50′″N53°11′″N |
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name | Nandan Manohar Nilekani नंदन मनोहर नीलेकणी |
birth date | June 02, 1955 |
birth place | Sirsi (Uttara Kannada District), Karnataka, India |
residence | Bangalore |
nationality | Indian |
religion | Hinduism |
occupation | Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) |
political party | Indian National Congress |
networth | $1.8 billion (2011) |
alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology |
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Nandan Nilekani (Konkani: नंदन नीलेकणी, Kannada: ನಂದನ್ ನಿಲೇಕಣಿ) born (June 2, 1955) is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd. He is also now heading Government of India's technology committee, TAGUP.
He studied at St. Joseph's High School Dharwad,studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore and later in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai where he graduated with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering in 1978. His early years were marked by his father’s job transfers and re-locations. He spent the first twelve years at Bangalore, and then moved in with his uncle’s family in Dharwad, after his father had been transferred.
Nilekani became the Chief Executive Officer of Infosys in March 2002, taking over from Murthy. Nilekani served as CEO of the company from March 2002 to April 2007, when he relinquished his position to his colleague Kris Gopalakrishnan, becoming Co-Chairman. He left Infosys on 9 July 2009 to serve as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank of a cabinet minister under invitation from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.
He co-founded India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore Chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).
He appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on March 18, 2009 to promote his book "Imagining India." He spoke, at a TED conference, about his ideas for India's future.
He has an estimated net worth of the Indian rupee equivalent of US$1.3 billion. In 2009, ''Time'' magazine placed Nilekani in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'
Nilekani has been extensively quoted in Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat.
In this book, Nandan discusses topics such as the future of India, its recent history, the ideas and attitudes that evolved with the times and contributed to the country’s progress, India’s early socialist policies, its young population, Information Technology, caste politics, labour reform, infrastructure, higher education, and the English language in India.
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