Whenever we talk about Infosys, the only name that comes to our mind is
Narayana Murthy. And why not! He took Infosys to great heights during his
tenure. After his retirement when Infosys faced bad times, he came back for
their rescue at salary package of 1 Rs./year! But he is not the person we are
going to talk about now, it’s his co-founder of Infosys, Mr Nandan Nilekani. In
last article, we discussed about how talented people like Satya Nadella,
leaving India and going abroad is harming our country's development. Now, let’s
have a look at how much difference can they make if they prefer to work in
India rather than going abroad. Nandan Nilekani is a living example of it!
Nandan Nilekani is a graduate from IIT-Bombay in Electrical Engineering. He started working for Patni computers in Mumbai (Bombay) after completing his degree. In 1981, he along with Narayan Murthy and five others, left the job and started Infosys. These guys has showed how you can achieve success and ambitions in India along with making a huge contribution towards the development of nation. Before Becoming the CEO, He held various positions at Infosys like Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and President. Working whole heartedly for his company for 21 years, finally he became the CEO of Infosys succeeding his co-founder Narayan Murthy. Today, Infosys has created more than 160,000 jobs across the globe. Infosys achieve many highs during his tenure. Personally, he achieved so much. So much impact he laid in the field of business that he was named Corporate Citizen of the Year at the Asia Business Leaders Award organized by CNBC in the year 2004. His innovative thinking was equally recognized and appreciated for which he was honoured with Joseph Schumpeter Prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics in the year 2005. His immense contribution in various field brought success not only to him but to the entire nation for which he was conferred with the title of Padma Bhushan in 2006, India's 3rd highest civilian award. His hard work and dedication toward his work was internationally published when Forbes Magazine named him businessman of the year the same year. He didn’t stopped there but went on to become the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders at World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board.
He took the tech world by surprise with his success elevation from one stage to other from time to time. He led Infosys to great heights and also contributed for many social causes too with his strong leadership skills which was praised by the Yale University when they awarded him "Legend of Leadership Award" in 2009. His influence was spreading everywhere. Times Magazine placed him in the list of "100 Most Influential Personalities" in 2006 and 2009. In 2011, He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. There is a long list of his immense achievement, success and contribution towards our nation.
Impressed by his way of working and leadership skills and innovative thinking, PM Dr. Manmohan Singh invited him to the government to led the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) Project. An initiative to provide a unique number to each and every citizen of our country. He resigned from the CEO of Infosys and took the responsibility to serve the nation. He carried out this multi-Purpose Nationality Identity card project to create government database of entire population of the country. He successfully carried out the responsibility shouldered upon him by the Govt. His target was to provide UID to 60 Cr. Indian by the end of 2014 and so far 58.7 Cr. already have it. Well on course towards the target. For his Innovative and transformational idea of UIDAI, he was honoured with NDTV's Indian of the year Award in 2011.
Nandan Nilekani’s contribution is not just limited to Infosys and UIADI. He is contributing immensely in social and economic development of Bangalore. He has contributed in many more things and also helped to developing his city. He started to think about the problems one faces daily in his city. He wanted to contribute towards small small issues of the society for which he developed broader initiative, the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) in 1999.They work with public, private and NGO agencies to help resolve Bangalore's infrastructure and governance challenges and make Bangalore one of the fastest developing city of our country. Nandan Nilekani is also the president of National Council of applied economic research, one of India's oldest and finest research institute. Right now, he is focusing in helping with the traffic issues in his city.
Nandan Nilekani will also contest for 16th Lok Sabha Elections this year. Nandan Nilekani wants to fight all the problems that he sees as hurdle in the development. He is a person who is ready to take each and every responsibilities upon him and work for the nation. He is very initiative toward solving the problems of society. Just imagine, what would have happen if Nandan Nilekani would had gone abroad like Satya Nadella and work over there. His way of working has benefited country so much and he is not done yet. Recently, while addressing the students of K M Nagraj College in Jayanagar and at the R V Dental College, he motivated them to start their own firms. He inspired them to work hard and work for the better future. Nandan Nilekani has showed that we can work in India if one has the firm determination to work. He has not only helping India but also setting an example of how successful you can become if you work hard. He is the best example of success for those who thinks that there is not much scope left in India and going abroad will give them the opportunity. Nandan Nilekani, along with Narayan Murthy, created lakhs of jobs opportunity for the people. India needs the services of people like Nandan Nilekani if they want to develop with time. People like him are true Assets for the Nation.
Nandan Nilekani is a graduate from IIT-Bombay in Electrical Engineering. He started working for Patni computers in Mumbai (Bombay) after completing his degree. In 1981, he along with Narayan Murthy and five others, left the job and started Infosys. These guys has showed how you can achieve success and ambitions in India along with making a huge contribution towards the development of nation. Before Becoming the CEO, He held various positions at Infosys like Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and President. Working whole heartedly for his company for 21 years, finally he became the CEO of Infosys succeeding his co-founder Narayan Murthy. Today, Infosys has created more than 160,000 jobs across the globe. Infosys achieve many highs during his tenure. Personally, he achieved so much. So much impact he laid in the field of business that he was named Corporate Citizen of the Year at the Asia Business Leaders Award organized by CNBC in the year 2004. His innovative thinking was equally recognized and appreciated for which he was honoured with Joseph Schumpeter Prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics in the year 2005. His immense contribution in various field brought success not only to him but to the entire nation for which he was conferred with the title of Padma Bhushan in 2006, India's 3rd highest civilian award. His hard work and dedication toward his work was internationally published when Forbes Magazine named him businessman of the year the same year. He didn’t stopped there but went on to become the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders at World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board.
He took the tech world by surprise with his success elevation from one stage to other from time to time. He led Infosys to great heights and also contributed for many social causes too with his strong leadership skills which was praised by the Yale University when they awarded him "Legend of Leadership Award" in 2009. His influence was spreading everywhere. Times Magazine placed him in the list of "100 Most Influential Personalities" in 2006 and 2009. In 2011, He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. There is a long list of his immense achievement, success and contribution towards our nation.
Impressed by his way of working and leadership skills and innovative thinking, PM Dr. Manmohan Singh invited him to the government to led the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) Project. An initiative to provide a unique number to each and every citizen of our country. He resigned from the CEO of Infosys and took the responsibility to serve the nation. He carried out this multi-Purpose Nationality Identity card project to create government database of entire population of the country. He successfully carried out the responsibility shouldered upon him by the Govt. His target was to provide UID to 60 Cr. Indian by the end of 2014 and so far 58.7 Cr. already have it. Well on course towards the target. For his Innovative and transformational idea of UIDAI, he was honoured with NDTV's Indian of the year Award in 2011.
Nandan Nilekani’s contribution is not just limited to Infosys and UIADI. He is contributing immensely in social and economic development of Bangalore. He has contributed in many more things and also helped to developing his city. He started to think about the problems one faces daily in his city. He wanted to contribute towards small small issues of the society for which he developed broader initiative, the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) in 1999.They work with public, private and NGO agencies to help resolve Bangalore's infrastructure and governance challenges and make Bangalore one of the fastest developing city of our country. Nandan Nilekani is also the president of National Council of applied economic research, one of India's oldest and finest research institute. Right now, he is focusing in helping with the traffic issues in his city.
Nandan Nilekani will also contest for 16th Lok Sabha Elections this year. Nandan Nilekani wants to fight all the problems that he sees as hurdle in the development. He is a person who is ready to take each and every responsibilities upon him and work for the nation. He is very initiative toward solving the problems of society. Just imagine, what would have happen if Nandan Nilekani would had gone abroad like Satya Nadella and work over there. His way of working has benefited country so much and he is not done yet. Recently, while addressing the students of K M Nagraj College in Jayanagar and at the R V Dental College, he motivated them to start their own firms. He inspired them to work hard and work for the better future. Nandan Nilekani has showed that we can work in India if one has the firm determination to work. He has not only helping India but also setting an example of how successful you can become if you work hard. He is the best example of success for those who thinks that there is not much scope left in India and going abroad will give them the opportunity. Nandan Nilekani, along with Narayan Murthy, created lakhs of jobs opportunity for the people. India needs the services of people like Nandan Nilekani if they want to develop with time. People like him are true Assets for the Nation.
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