Nandan Nilekani: Governtrepreneur

HE is the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and co-founder of Infosys Technologies Ltd.
THE CHALLENGE: The UIDAI, too, is like a start-up. My prior success in no way guarantees success in this world and if I don't deliver then the consequences could be large.
For Rohini Nilekani life seems to have come a full circle. Arghyam, her elegant house in suburban Bangalore has been turned into the unofficial headquarter of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Ever since her husband Nandan Nilekani gave up the co-chairman's job at Infosys, the $4.6 billion (revenue, in 2008-09) company he co-founded with six colleagues in 1981, to take up a role in public service, there has been an endless stream of visitors at Arghyam. Although UIDAI's official headquarter is in Delhi, the technical team is based in Bangalore. Nandan Nilekani splits his time between Delhi and Bangalore Read more...

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