Early life
Nandan Nilekani was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, as the younger son of Durga and Mohan Rao Nilekani. His father worked as a General Manager of Mysore and Minerva Mills. His father, subscribed to the Fabian Socialist ideals, had an influence on Nandan during his early years. He has a older brother, Vijay, who works in the Nuclear Energy Institute.[3]
He studied at Bishop Cotton Boys SchoolBangalore, and then at St. Joseph's High School Dharwad, and later into IIT, Bombay where he graduated with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering in 1978. [4] His early years were marked by his father’s job transfers and re-locations. He spent the first twelve years at Bangalore, where he studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys School. He then moved in with his uncle’s family in Dharwad, after his father had been transferred.
[edit] Career
Nandan Nilekani, after graduating from IIT Bombay in 1978, he 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 dis-agreement 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 Chief Executive Officer of Infosys in March 2002, taking over from Murthy. Nilekani served as CEO and MD 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 9 July 2009 to serve as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank of a cabinet minister under invitation from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.
He co-founded India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore Chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).
He appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on March 18, 2009[5] to promote his book "Imagining India." He has been a speaker at the prestigious TED conference where he talked about his ideas for India's future.
He has an estimated net worth of the Indian rupee equivalent of US$1.3 billion.[6] In 2009, Time magazine placed Nilekani in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'
Nandan Nilekani was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, as the younger son of Durga and Mohan Rao Nilekani. His father worked as a General Manager of Mysore and Minerva Mills. His father, subscribed to the Fabian Socialist ideals, had an influence on Nandan during his early years. He has a older brother, Vijay, who works in the Nuclear Energy Institute.[3]
He studied at Bishop Cotton Boys SchoolBangalore, and then at St. Joseph's High School Dharwad, and later into IIT, Bombay where he graduated with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering in 1978. [4] His early years were marked by his father’s job transfers and re-locations. He spent the first twelve years at Bangalore, where he studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys School. He then moved in with his uncle’s family in Dharwad, after his father had been transferred.
[edit] Career
Nandan Nilekani, after graduating from IIT Bombay in 1978, he 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 dis-agreement 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 Chief Executive Officer of Infosys in March 2002, taking over from Murthy. Nilekani served as CEO and MD 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 9 July 2009 to serve as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank of a cabinet minister under invitation from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.
He co-founded India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore Chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).
He appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on March 18, 2009[5] to promote his book "Imagining India." He has been a speaker at the prestigious TED conference where he talked about his ideas for India's future.
He has an estimated net worth of the Indian rupee equivalent of US$1.3 billion.[6] In 2009, Time magazine placed Nilekani in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'
Mayank Srivastava
PGDM I sem
(batch 2009-11)
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