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Nandan Nilekani
Co-founding Infosys and leading the launch of India’s Aadhaar identification system.
Infosys · Aadhaar rollout
- Born
- 2 June 1955
- Birthplace
- Bengaluru, India
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Nandan Nilekani
Indian technology entrepreneur involved in software services and large-scale digital public infrastructure.
Early life
Schooling
Grew up in Karnataka and studied in Bengaluru and Dharwad.
Engineering training
Graduated in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Career
- 1978–1981
Software beginnings
Worked at Patni Computer Systems before joining six colleagues to establish Infosys.
- 1981–2009
Infosys leadership
Helped grow the company and served as chief executive from 2002 to 2007.
- 2009 onward
Public technology
Led the identification authority and later returned to Infosys as non-executive chairman.
Companies & projects
Infosys
Co-founded a company that became a major global software-services provider.
Imagining India
A book examining the ideas shaping India’s economic and social development.
Aadhaar rollout
Led the authority implementing a biometric identification system.
Beyond work
Philanthropy
Works with his wife Rohini on giving initiatives and signed the Giving Pledge.
Education
Co-founded EkStep, a foundation supporting learning through digital infrastructure.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
