Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani,
Chairman,
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) 

An Indian entrepreneur, he currently serves as the Chairman of the new UIDAI, after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd. He is also now heading Government of India's technology committee, TAGUP. 

Nandan Nilekani, after graduating from IIT, Bombay in 1978, joined Mumbai-based Patni Computer Systems where he was interviewed by N. R. Narayana Murthy. Three years later, in 1981, Murthy walked out of Patni, following a disagreement with one of the Patni brothers. His entire division walked out with him. The defectors decided to start their own company, Infosys. Nilekani became the CEO of Infosys in March 2002, taking over from Murthy. Nilekani served as CEO of the company from March 2002 to April 2007, when he relinquished his position to his colleague Kris Gopalakrishnan, becoming Co-Chairman. He left Infosys on 9th July, 2009 to serve as the chairperson of the UIDAI, in the rank of a cabinet minister at the invitation from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

He co-founded India's NASSCOM. In 2009, Time magazine placed Nilekani in the Time 100 list of “World's Most Influential People”.