Wednesday, March 19, 2014

5324 - Nandan Nilekani: From meritocracy to reservation politics! - Money Life

Moneylife » Nandan Nilekani: From meritocracy to reservation politics!

MONEYLIFE DIGITAL TEAM | 18/03/2014 06:22 PM |  

Nandan Nilekani, while heading Infosys, never had second thoughts on recruiting people other than those who secured the highest grade. However, he is now all for reservations and wooing 'poor' voters

Many people are surprised at the rapid conversion of Nandan Nilekani, the former head honcho of Infosys into a 'typical' political leader of the Congress party. His remarks over the weekend about reservation in the private sector left many people wondering as to why this was not implemented when he was heading Infosys, the country's second largest IT company.