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Janhavi nilekani to wed next week bengaluru news times. After the exit of vishal sikka, nilekani was appointed as nonexecutive chairman of the board effective august 24, 2017. Infosys chairman nandan nilekani said one board member had received two anonymous complaints on september 30, 2019 one dated september 20, 2019, titled disturbing unethical practices and an undated note with the title, whistleblower complaint. May 14, 2009 disrupting the disrupter nandan nilekani at aimas 62nd foundation day full session duration. The best parts of the book are the interesting contradictions which the nation went through lovehate relationship with. Nandan nilekani is the author of imagining india, a radical rethinking of one of the worlds great economies. Nandan nilekani, cofounder and former ceo of infosys technologies, was founding chairman of the unique identification authority of india aadhaar. Nilekani provides a basis for the present in a sketch of the often troubled history of the indian state.
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Rebooting india identifies a dozen initiatives where a series of citizenfriendly, hightech public institutions can. In this momentous book, nandan nilekani traces the central ideas that. How nandan nilekani, an infosys billionaire, invests his money nandan nilekani invested in an app that recruits small neighborhood businesses to sell their products online, like these kandil, or. A graduate of the indian institute of technology, he has received a number of prestigious awards, including the joseph schumpeter prize, and has been recognized for his technological and economic innovation by the likes of. Nandan nilekani, the chairman of unique identification authority of india, is a cofounder of infosys. Nandan nilekani, an indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician who cofounded infosys and was appointed by the indian prime minister to serve as chairman of the unique identification authority of india uidai, sits down with hal gregersen, executive director of the mit leadership center, to discuss why sustaining a twoway dialogue is vital in any leadership.
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