Nandan Nilekani
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Co-founder of @Infosys. Worked on #Aadhaar. Co-author of @RebootingIndia and @bitfulness. Author of @ImaginingIndia.
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Joined September 2013
I am delighted to announce the Finternet, co-authored with Agustín Carstens @BIS_org, which presents a visionary framework for empowering individuals and businesses by placing them at the centre of their financial lives @pramodkvarma @imsiddshetty
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To mark 50 years of my association with @iitbombay, I am donating ₹315 crores to my alma mater. I am grateful to be able to do this🙏. Full release:
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How does India become a $5T economy? We’ll need to close the $250B financing gap for India’s small businesses by attracting global, risk-tolerant pools of capital — and as iSPIRT details, the rapidly growing cryptoeconomy may be one of the key ways:
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Saw today, 6th March, in Kabini wild life sanctuary -- another epic encounter between the Black Panther and his adversary Scarface! Video credit: Vijay Prabhu.
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Looking forward to working with the @RBI and the committee to reimagine payments for India and Indians!.
.@RBI appoints @NandanNilekani as chairman of high-level committee on digital payments via @TOIBusiness
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#Aadhaar enabled payment system processes 403 million cash withdrawals for over 140 million people in April. It is good to have scalable infrastructure built in advance!.
Average usage of the Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AePS) has doubled to 11.3 million per day during the #COVIDー19 lockdown that started on March 25.
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The new Map policy is another strategic step in India’s journey of data empowerment !.
The new guidelines for Maps and Geospatial Data are a path breaking reform ending decades of regulatory inertia. It has completely liberalised the generation and usage of maps and made it possible for India to take advantage of future map technologies.
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The new e-filing portal will ease the filing process and enhance end user experience. @nsitharaman ji, we have observed some technical issues on day one, and are working to resolve them. @Infosys regrets these initial glitches and expects the system to stabilise during the week.
The much awaited e-filing portal 2.0 was launched last night 20:45hrs. I see in my TL grievances and glitches. Hope @Infosys & @NandanNilekani will not let down our taxpayers in the quality of service being provided. Ease in compliance for the taxpayer should be our priority.
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Dear @anandmahindra , @ONDC_Official is a huge team effort! @PiyushGoyal has been a big champion also @DPIITGoI @anilarch . Advisory council is @rssharma3 @AdilZainulbhai @dilipasbe Anjali Bansal of @avaanacapital @buzzindelhi @sudhirksethi @kumarraja1 and me . @KoshyTK is CEO.
We’re on the brink of a world-beating retail revolution. This will democratize e-commerce, liberating us from the dominance of a few giants & empowering millions of small shop owners. We should all support this. Bravo @NandanNilekani @narendramodi
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Thanks for your kind words, @BillGates! Much of the platform thinking that was applied to build #Aadhaar can be extended to address large-scale societal challenges. Rohini and I look forward to partnering @melindagates and you in philanthropy and collaborative problem solving!.
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This is a landmark judgement in favour of #Aadhaar. More than just opining on the constitutionality of the act, the SC has unequivocally validated the founding principles for Aadhaar. Aadhaar is a unique identity project that is critical to the developmental goals of the nation.
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The reforms of Other Service Provider regulations for BPO/BPM industry is breath-taking in its simplicity. Truly a case of dramatic Ease of Business in the digital world!
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#Aadhaar is here to stay! Happy that the @UIDAI has introduced virtual ID and limited KYC in the spirit of continuous innovation to enhance privacy and security.
Nandan Nilekani hits out at @UIDAI critics, says he's 100% sure there is an orchestrated campaign on how #Aadhaar can be maligned in view of SC hearing on constitutional validity. @NandanNilekani #exclusive interview to @chandrarsrikant
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UPI transactions: Oct 2016 - 0.1 million, Oct 2017 - 76.96 million. What a story!
UPI Transactions:. @NandanNilekani @India_Stack @SecretaryMEITY @drajaykumar_ias @amitabhk87 @PMOIndia @FinMinIndia @arunjaitley
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A presentation of mine has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp. It is from a talk on India's #DigitalTransformation over the last 15 years led by the many #DigitalPublicInfrastructure (DPIs) we've built. There have been many non-linear changes in the country. I attempt to join the
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You may have encountered a post on various social media platforms claiming that I have launched a crypto project. This is #fakenews! Please avoid clicking on it and report it as misleading/false information on the platform where you see it.
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What India has already achieved with #Aadhaar is nothing short of a revolution! We must remember, however, that systems are not born through Immaculate Conception, they get there through constant improvements.
#Analysis | Aadhaar is an evolving endeavour, UIDAI responsive to public concerns, writes @NandanNilekani
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A special day for me: Returned to @iitbombay 50 years after I first entered the institution. I am what I am because of IIT Bombay. I am confident that this hallowed institute is on its way from being India's best to being one of the world's best!
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Thank you, Mr. Murthy. I am looking forward to leading @Infosys with unanimous support of all stakeholders!
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And less than 8 years since @dilipasbe , @pramodkvarma and I brainstormed the idea on a whiteboard. building on the success of @NPCI_IMPS from @NPCI_NPCI and the rise of smartphones!.
Hard to believe 🤯 that it’s been just 5 years of #UPI @UPI_NPCI . 👶 Launch Apr 2016 🚀.🌱 0.42 Billion trnx 2017.🪴 3.74 B trnx 2018.🌳 10.78 B trnx 2019 .🌳🌳18.88 B trnx 2020 . At the rate it’s going 🚀🚀expect ~32B++ trnx in 2021 .@dilipasbe 🙏@NandanNilekani @NPCI_NPCI
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9 years ago, I had headed a committee which prepared a detailed strategy for a next generation national Public Distribution System. See
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A superb judgment by SC. Privacy a right. But not absolute. Recognises that key elements to be worked out in data protection law.
Privacy is a fundamental right, says Supreme Court in historic ruling #RightToPrivacy
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Thanks, Bill! Our philanthropic journey of two decades has been led by Rohini’s passion and commitment!
I’m amazed by how @NandanNilekani has lent his entrepreneurial passion to philanthropy. I’m delighted to welcome him and his wife Rohini to the Giving Pledge.
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The cabinet has approved #NEP2020. It brings focus on important areas for the future: early childhood education, foundational learning, articulation of learning outcomes & multi-disciplinary education with an emphasis on the use of tech for learning. @DrRPNishank @SanjayDhotreMP.
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Another Big Idea becomes a reality. Gradually, then suddenly! Congratulations to all those who have worked hard and long, to democratise financial services for a billion people!.
1.1 Billion accounts, including all major public and private bank accounts, are now live on India's #AccountAggregator. A Seminal moment for the world's largest #OpenBanking ecosystem! This will unleash India's next wave of #financialinclusion & #fintech innovation! #openFinance
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Many thanks, Anand. It's the warmth and support that @Infosys has received from all quarters that will ensure the best and nothing less!
Many circles in life @NandanNilekani but you have always marched onward & upward. There's no Indian that doesn't wish you & Infy well.
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BHIM UPI never sleeps! November transactions cross 105 million!
BHIM UPI on roll !! . Next 3-6 months lot of excitement on new players coming in, existing large players rolling out to entire user base & yes BHIM UPI 2.0 !. @NPCI_BHIM @NPCI_NPCI @NandanNilekani @SecretaryMEITY @amitabhk87 @PMOIndia @FinMinIndia @GoI_MeitY
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> @Infosys becomes a world leader in sustainability, achieving carbon neutrality in 2020, 30 years ahead of date set by Paris Agreement!.
Infosys announces ESG Vision 2030 to continue to shape and share solutions that serve businesses and communities. For more #NavigateYourNext
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India is on its way to being the world leader in digital transactions! My thoughts on our less-cash economy:
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Rohini and I are thrilled to support this endeavour to build open-source language AI for 22 Indian languages!.
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Dear @AravSrinivas , great to meet, I have lots of friends who absolutely swear by @perplexity_ai !.
Was a great honor to meet @NandanNilekani in DC. Nandan was the commencement speaker when I received my undergraduate degree at IIT Madras 6-7 years ago.
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Thanks, @arunjaitley! Glad that #Aadhaar is being harnessed for the service of the nation.
Hats off to Nandan Nilekani for the Aaadhar card UIDAI system, says FM @arunjaitley.
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Great to see brand @Infosys reimagine the tennis experience for millions of global fans enjoying the #Nadal #Thiem final #RolandGarroswithInfosys .@NandanNilekani
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Sarkar (govt.) alone cannot fix our problems, it can only help create the right conditions for samaaj (civil society), sarkar and bazaar (market players) to co-create context-aware solutions. I am glad to see this year’s budget underlining this approach.
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> @Microsoft CEO @satyanadella’s fine book #HitRefresh on the remarkable transformation he is bringing. A must read!
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The #DEPA (Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture) draft is out now! India is taking a historic step towards empowering individuals with control over their personal data, by operationalising an evolvable regulatory, institutional and technology design for secure data sharing.
The Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture will empower individuals with control over how their personal data is used & shared while ensuring that privacy considerations are addressed. Seeking your comments on the draft document, before 1st Oct. 🖇️ -
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5m in one day. At this growth rate, BHIM-UPI should overtake all debit card transactions in India by March. Historic!
BHIM UPI 5 Mn@day yesterday. Most welcome @Paytm @vijayshekhar to BHIM UPI family. With Paytm hope to see next wave of growth & milestone of 10 Mn@day soon. @NandanNilekani @NPCI_BHIM @NPCI_NPCI
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Rohini and I look forward to partnering with fellow philanthropists to bring about systemic change!
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A seminal report from ONDC and McKinsey where they explain where and how to ensure that we get to 500mn digitally transacting customers by connecting millions of self-employed workers and thousands MSMEs by 2030. Let the games begin!.
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This Task force report in February 2012, laid the foundation for #Aadhaar enabled payments. 8 years and billions of transactions later, it is a textbook case of strategy-policy-execution-impact!
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This will provide a Europe wide digital ID, fingerprint and iris authentication, on-line payments and a digital locker for storing documents. sounds like @India_Stack which has been doing all this and more for a billion people for years!.
EU set to unveil digital wallet fit for post-Covid life
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Infosys Q1 Results: Revenue of US$ 3.12 Billion, 1.5% growth Y-on-Y in Constant Currency, Operating Margin of 22.7%, Free Cash Flow of US$728 million, Zero Debt, Guidance of 0-2% Growth in Constant Currency in FY 21.
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How demonetisation turbocharged digital finance!
#Demonetisation was a defining moment in India’s journey to a less-cash economy | #HTOpinion by @NandanNilekani
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UPI BHIM touches 145 million in December 2017. With all the action happening, it should reach 1 billion/month in December 2018!
Good bye 2017 and thanks to all banks and ecosystem players to believe in BHIM UPI. Welcome 2018, with many expectations and challenges. @NPCI_NPCI @NandanNilekani @India_Stack @SecretaryMEITY @rajeevkumr @PMOIndia @amitabhk87 @FinMinIndia
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Congratulations Salil and look forward to your transformational leadership at Infosys!
Infosys announces the selection of Salil S. Parekh, as the new CEO and MD with effect from January 2nd, 2018. Read the press release here: Congratulations and welcome, Salil
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#BHIM from @NPCI_NPCI races to the top of the charts! Dream debut!
#BHIM (@NPCI_BHIM) is now #1 on Google Play! Amazing velocity. @NandanNilekani @nikhilkumarks @pramodkvarma @juspay @snjyjn
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India’s largest #Aadhaar survey commissioned by @on_india, says 92% of Indian residents approve of Aadhaar!.@DalbergTweet @OmidyarNetwork.
10 years on, #Aadhaar is deeply embedded in people’s lives. How are India's residents affected? Visit which contains an objective set of insights intended to drive a data-driven discourse on #Aadhaar. @DalbergTweet @on_india.
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Backed by dynamic Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI), India is becoming an online, cashless, formal, and high-productivity economy. Sharing my op-ed in @FinancialXpress on the multiple digital transformations underway in 🇮🇳 .
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It was wonderful for Rohini and me to meet @BillGates and discuss philanthropy, and the phenomenal progress India has made on Digital Public Infrastructure since his last visit!
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Sarvam 2B is a 2 Billion parameter Indian language open source LLM based on 4 Trillion tokens built ground up by @SarvamAI . Now that is being Independent! Congratulations!.
Honored to have visionaries @NandanNilekani , @abhish18 , and @pramodkvarma share their thoughts at our product launch! Their insights sparked imagination and inspired our way forward.
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The @RBI announced a couple of progressive measures today: the review of.charges for RBI-operated payment systems and the constitution of a committee.to review the ATM interchange fee structure. The goal of 10X increase in digital transactions in 3 years is underway!.
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> @WorldBank praises #Aadhaar, says the system in India is the most sophisticated!.via @FinancialXpress.
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Voice of the people! Overwhelming support for using #Aadhaar to prevent electoral fraud!
In an online survey, 80% people have supported the February 2015 move of the Election Commission to link voter ID with Aadhaar. (By @PrabhashRinkoo ).
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My fellow committee members and I are grateful to the @RBI for the opportunity to imagine the future of digital payments in India! We are confident that the central bank and other stakeholders will do what it takes to maintain the nation's global leadership in this sphere.
Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments submits its report to RBI.@NandanNilekani @DasShaktikanta .#rbitoday #rbigovernor
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A new era has begun. Thanks to #AccountAggregator and other digital infrastructure that we have, India will become a leader in empowering individuals and small businesses with their own data!.
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Aadhaar has undergone the ultimate scrutiny in the highest court, and a lot of recommendations have been incorporated. Through the democratic process of discussion and debate, we have created a better and stronger Aadhaar together.
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Let’s plan not ban -- why banning online learning in Karnataka schools needs a relook.
OPINION |. We don’t know when schools can reopen and have to plan for an uncertain future. Digital tech to re-imagine learning beyond physical schooling is inevitable, writes Rohini Nilekani.
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An insightful article by @c_aashish on a decade old mission to transform India through population scale digital infrastructure!.
India has built a strong Aadhar based public digital infrastructure in less than a decade, covering banking, healthcare and more. This is a great export opportunity for India, to help other countries leapfrog on state capacity. My @bopinion article.
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The Kerala High Court announces 24*7 ON Courts—open and networked courts that are accessible 24/7 for asynchronous actions and that reach out to citizens instead of citizens pursuing the court. This is a promising start to judicial process transformation! @matthan writes:.
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After five years of hunting for him, and five days after a public proclamation of her ‘Romancing the Black Panther’, Rohini finally saw the elusive cat with us yesterday!.
Black panther sighting in Kabini. Thank you Rohini and @NandanNilekani for this amazing experience 🙏
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Here's my interview in @timesofindia, where I debunk myths pertaining to #Aadhaar.
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The Great Indian Tech Saga continues unabated !.
The India Tech Flag continues to fly high n proud. #PROUD.#NASDAQ #Infosys1999 #Freshworks2021. How it started. How its going.
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#Aadhaar is an evolving and empowering identity solution which neither compromises privacy nor excludes. It is an assertion of individual identity vis-à-vis the state. We’re all in this together to achieve opportunity, development and empowerment of our billion people!
Opinion | We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state via @TOIOpinion
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Sharing Rohini's op-ed in @htTweets. She urges us to rethink the way humans treat animals. Let’s mark May 4 (International Respect for Chickens Day), not just for the partial end of the lockdown, but for the end of misery for animals.
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Honoured to receive the Nikkei Prize for Economic & Business Innovation. Acceptance speech was about the importance of societal platforms.
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The digital public goods approach requires both time and strong ecosystem adoption for success. UPI was launched in 2016 but it took off in 2019. The Digital Health Mission has ticked off all the right boxes on approach and architecture!. My op-ed on UHI in @TOIPlus👇.
How UHI will transform healthcare in India: @NandanNilekani .
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Infosys: compassionate capitalism at work!.
Welcoming Infoscions and family! Returning on a special flight from the US after the lockdown! Teams coming together to make this possible! Teamwork is Dreamwork @Infosys @imravikumars @Narryhyd
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Delhi's smog crisis needs a strategic technology approach not shoot from the hip decisions!
Five ways FasTag can help solve Delhi’s vehicular problem #HTOpinion @NandanNilekani
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Rohini gets it spot on. We are all in this together!
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Sanjeev and I hope to create the next gen of companies 'built to last' !
#CNBCTV18Exclusive @NandanNilekani teams up with @HelionVC Sanjeev Aggarwal to launch 100 million dollar fund. Watch at 530 @CNBCTV18Live.
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The approach India takes towards universal vaccination will be the most important choice we make!.
#Opinion | Given what we know of India’s capacity for vaccine manufacture, it is important that the system design for vaccination roll-out is based not on vaccine scarcity, but vaccine adequacy, writes @NandanNilekani. Read #HTfirstvoicelastword #allnewHT
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It would have given, among other things, full nationwide portability of benefits (anytime, anywhere), option for food or cash etc. It could have been a hugely positive strategic platform in this crisis!.
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Supreme Court recognises the seminal role of #Aadhaar in eliminating fraud, waste and corruption in delivery of public services.
Rajiv Gandhi’s famous 15paise remark finds mention in Supreme Court verdict
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The prequel – Black Panther planning his encounter with Scarface – pic by Rohini Nilekani, who as usual delivered another outstanding Kabini experience!
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Look forward to the 1st meeting of the new #ID4D Council. Everyone having a unique digital ID is a global issue!
New #ID4D Council to advance #digitalidentity for develop. to help 1.1bn people w/out ID & access to basic services
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Thanks, @Jairam_Ramesh, for the walk down nostalgia lane! It was fun winning for @iitbombay!.
#ThrowbackThursdays #tbt. Sharing an old memory with my friend @NandanNilekani from Dec 1974 😀. Kirti Singh, the then President of Miranda House Students Union handed us the trophy for winning the quiz.
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My op-ed in the @FT in which I explain that for a truly global new Indian tech company to emerge, the hunger and ambition of India’s young companies will have to be blended with the discipline of old-fashioned business building: .
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Many congratulations to Navakanta Bhat (Engineering & Computer Science), Kavita Singh (Humanities), Roop Mallik (Life Sciences), Nalini Anantharaman (Mathematical Sciences), S.K. Satheesh (Physical Sciences) and @m_sendhil (Social Sciences) for winning the @InfosysPrize 2018!.
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Sharing my thoughts on empowering 1.3 billion Indians with their data!.@Product_Nation @India_Stack .
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I spoke to Benjamin Parkin of the @FT on how India should treat cryptocurrencies and on the unprecedented global digital transformation opportunity in front of @Infosys.
Treating cryptocurrency as commodity can boost the economy says @NandanNilekani, Infosys, as he outlines the #cryptocurrency market in India in this @FT article. Read more.
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Looking forward @anandmahindra !.
A big ‘Thank You’ for the huge number of entries. I’ll compile them soon. Instead of choosing the winner myself I thought it’ll be far more appropriate-& fun—to ask @NandanNilekani - one of the creators of India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ to be a co-judge. (He’s agreed)Watch this space!.
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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is the future of dispute resolution in India. 9 collaborators have come together to invite businesses to adopt ODR and launched this first of its kind ODR Handbook! Visit
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Dear @sriramk , great to meet you . So much alignment . The photo look like from an Indian remake of the 1988 movie Twins!.
Was a true honour to meet and talk to @NandanNilekani. We got to discuss his work , the importance of open source AI, building projects that serve the public at scale for India and much more. This was a multi-decade dream come true.
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Thank you, Mr. Murthy. I am looking forward to leading @Infosys with unanimous support of all stakeholders!
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India's first film on startups -- #Upstarts (a @NetflixIndia original by @UdaiPawar) is coming soon to your preferred screen! . Here's the trailer:.
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The Left's bipolar disorder - increase state's responsibilities, prevent state capacity!
How much of the State do we want in a India?
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The UPI juggernaut rolls on ….with RuPay credit card on UPI, offline with UPI Lite and cross-border Bill Payments! @NPCI_NPCI.
To know more, visit: In attendance at this launch we had, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman Infosys and Advisor to NPCI, and Mr. Biswamohan Mahapatra, Chairman NPCI.
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Quiz time! What is a secret ingredient common to India’s digital enabled transformation across sectors - Aadhaar, UPI, India Stack, Sunbird, DIKSHA, Co-Win, Beckn, Digit ? A clue - It’s ‘What works at scale’ to fast track development.
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अमीरों से ज़्यादा दान देते हैं आम लोग। ख़ुद पर खर्च करने वाले उतने ख़ुश नहीं रहते जितना वो जो दूसरों की मदद करते हैं। @DainikBhaskar में बता रहीं हैं रोहिणी क्यों होता है ऐसा…
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I'm glad to see #Budget2018 is playing to India's unique strengths to propel us forward. Sharing my thoughts, published in @EconomicTimes.
More Indians have access to mobile data than to functional toilets
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Dear Kiran, you brought us luck!.
Thanks to my dear friend Rohini Nilekani we had the most amazing tiger sighting in Kabini @NandanNilekani
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Sharing a typically thoughtful essay by Rohini on how effective groundwater management can be best achieved through a societal platform.
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Aadhaar includes, it doesn't exclude. The resident was once again recognised as being at the heart of the project, and they have gained new rights that help them assert their ownership over their data.
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Authentication via facial photo matching builds on the principle of inclusion and delivers on the promise of evolving with the times!
#BREAKING : @UIDAI launches face authentication through photo matching, can be used in cases where fingerprint quality of #Aadhaar holder is not good @ceo_uidai @NandanNilekani @rssharma3 @rsprasad @narendramodi
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