Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani
Personal details
BornBangalore, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
Political partyIndian National Congress[1][2]
EducationBachelor of Technology
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology, Bombay
OccupationNon-executive chairman of Infosys, and former chairman of UIDAI
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2006)

Nandan Mohanrao Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys[3] replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-chairs of the board, on 24 August 2017. After the exit of Vishal Sikka, Nilekani was appointed as non-executive chairman of the board effective 24 August 2017.[4] He was the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).[5] After a successful career at Infosys, he headed the Government of India's technology committee, TAGUP.[6] He is a member of Indian National Congress but not active in politics as of 2019.[7]

  1. ^ "Election Results 2014: Karnataka's Nandan Nilekani Loses on Political Debut". NDTV. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Failing at politics--successfully, the Nandan Nilekani way". VCCIRCLE. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Infosys - Nandan M. Nilekani: Co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board | Management Profiles". www.infosys.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ Limited, Infosys. "Infosys' Mr. Nilekani is Non Executive Chairman of Board". www.Infosys.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Infosys Technologies Limited. "Nandan M Nilekani Appointed as Chairperson of Unique Identification Authority of India". Infosys.
  6. ^ Special Correspondent (7 June 2010). "Finance Ministry sets up technology advisory group". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 April 2013. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "BBMP polls: Nandan Nilekani says he's 'inactive in politics', asks voters to elect the best candidates". IBNLive. Retrieved 22 December 2015.