Saturday, October 19, 2013

4860 - Nandan Nilekani's Interview From Scratch Radio

A SHOW ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL LIFE



Infosys is a leading global information, technology and consulting company with more than 150,000 employees and $7 Billion in revenue. Nandan started Infosys in 1981 in Bangalore, India with 6 colleagues. Nandan is now the Chair of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which through its project Aadhaar is seeking to provide unique identification numbers to close to a billion Indian residents. This biometric ID system aims to revolutionize the distribution of social benefits and financial services.
Nandan speaks with Jessica about how he helped to transform India’s technological landscape— and now India’s social sector— from scratch.