PATNA: Irfan Alam, the young entrepreneur from Bihar, who received the "Young Leaders Award" on October 25 in Delhi has now been invited by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani to work on the ongoing Unique Identification (UID) project in the country.
Irfan got the opportunity to work on the ambitious project when he was in the national capital to receive the award. Nilekani was there on the debut year of the award ceremony to felicitate the young emerging leaders of the country.
"Yes, Nilekani asked me to work with him on the UID project," I(rfan said. The part of the project involves providing the unique identification number to rickshawpullers across the country, he added.
"I received a mail from Nilekani in this regard to which I replied that I would love to work on the project," he added.
Irfan, while sharing his experience of meeting US President Barack Obama in Mumbai on November 6 as a special invitee, Irfan said: "I had a chance to meet the country's top industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani, Anand Mahindra, Anil Ambani, Ajay Piramal and Amit Mitra along with a host of FICCI members who showed their willingness to invest in Bihar but rued the lack of infrastructure and electricity."
Irfan, who had a detailed discussion on Bihar-specific issues with the country's top honchos, said investment was not a big issue. The issue was how to harness the existing potential, he said.
Before inviting the top guns to invest in the state, the state should provide all access to the first generation entrepreneurs who belong to Bihar and understand it better than anyone else," Irfan said.
Irfan got the opportunity to work on the ambitious project when he was in the national capital to receive the award. Nilekani was there on the debut year of the award ceremony to felicitate the young emerging leaders of the country.
"Yes, Nilekani asked me to work with him on the UID project," I(rfan said. The part of the project involves providing the unique identification number to rickshawpullers across the country, he added.
"I received a mail from Nilekani in this regard to which I replied that I would love to work on the project," he added.
Irfan, while sharing his experience of meeting US President Barack Obama in Mumbai on November 6 as a special invitee, Irfan said: "I had a chance to meet the country's top industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani, Anand Mahindra, Anil Ambani, Ajay Piramal and Amit Mitra along with a host of FICCI members who showed their willingness to invest in Bihar but rued the lack of infrastructure and electricity."
Irfan, who had a detailed discussion on Bihar-specific issues with the country's top honchos, said investment was not a big issue. The issue was how to harness the existing potential, he said.
Before inviting the top guns to invest in the state, the state should provide all access to the first generation entrepreneurs who belong to Bihar and understand it better than anyone else," Irfan said.