Section 34
Nandan Nilekani
Infosys co-founder and founding chairman of UIDAI, which enrolled over a billion people in Aadhaar. (Infosys / UIDAI (Aadhaar))
- life
- Born 1955
- era
- 1991 to 2010
- More than 1 billion (100 crore)
- Indians enrolled in Aadhaar under his leadership, 2009-2014 · 2014
The story
Nandan Nilekani was born in Bengaluru in 1955 and studied electrical engineering at IIT Bombay. He joined Patni Computer Systems, where he met N R Narayana Murthy.
In 1981 the two, with five others, founded Infosys. Nilekani was its chief executive from 2002 to 2007 and then co-chairman.
In 2009 he left Infosys to become the founding chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Aadhaar enrolled more than a billion Indians under his leadership between 2009 and 2014.
In 2017 he returned to Infosys as non-executive chairman during a period of leadership change.
Timeline
- 1981Co-founds Infosys.
- 2002Becomes chief executive of Infosys.
- 2007Becomes co-chairman of Infosys.
- 2009Becomes founding chairman of UIDAI.
- 2014Aadhaar crosses a billion enrolments under his watch.
- 2017Returns to Infosys as non-executive chairman.