By Nikhil Pahwa on Oct 4th, 2012
If you’re looking to create Aadhaar based applications, you’re invited to apply to attend an invitation-only meeting with Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the UIDAI, at the #NAMA Conference on the 10th of October 2012, at The Westin in Gurgaon.
The meeting will take place in the Speakers Lounge, between 10:00 and 10:30 am, after Mr. Nilekani’s talk at #NAMA (scheduled between 9:15-10:00 am).
We’ve got 20 seats available, so in case you’re interested, please apply here, and specify points of discussion. We’ll inform you regarding the selection on Sunday, October 6th 2012.
Please Note: you won’t need a #NAMA ticket to attend this meeting, but in case you want to attend the conference, check http://nama.cc/namatickets for details.
Prior to the meeting, Mr Nilekani will be speaking at #NAMA, and we will discuss with him potential applications of the UID and the implications it has for digital businesses, challenges of authentication, potential uses for the API, potential for digitization of government services and the role of Internet and Mobile businesses in this.
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI
Nandan Nilekani is currently the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank of Union Cabinet Minister, which aims to provide a unique identification number for all residents of India.
Nandan Nilekani was most recently the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited, which he co-founded in 1981. He was serving as Director on the Company’s Board since its inception to July 2009.He has held various posts at Infosys, including Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, President, and Chief Operating Officer.
Nandan Nilekani co-founded India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore chapter of the IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE). He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and the President of NCEAR (the premier, independent, applied economics research Institute in India).
Born in Bangalore, Nandan Nilekani received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He was named the Corporate Citizen of the Year at the Asia Business Leaders Award (2004) organized by CNBC. In 2005, he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter Prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics.
In 2006, he was awarded one of India’s highest civilian honours, the Padma Bhushan and was also named Businessman of the Year by Forbes Asia. Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2009. He is the author of ‘Imagining India’, which was one of the finalists for the FT-Goldman Sachs Book Award for the year 2009. Foreign Policy magazine listed him as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2010.