In Conversation With Nandan Nilekani Part-1
By kamla bhatt • Jan 5th, 2010Category: Bangalore, Books and Authors, Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
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Nandan Nilekani is the co-founder and former head of Infosys, one of India’ s best success stories. Infosys is an Indian IT powerhouse that was founded during India’s famous “License Raj,” phase, which was known for its regulatory hurdles. Thomas Friedman in his book credits Nandan for coining that famous phrase, which became the title of his book: The World Is Flat.
In 2009 Nandan was on a tour of the USA to talk about about his book Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation. I caught up with him in Silicon Valley to talk about the book, changing India, and entrepreneurship.
In Part-1 of the interview Nandan talks about his appearance in Jon Stewart’s show, the structure and essence of his book, the challenges facing a new and emerging India and the startup culture in India. Why is that the role of Indian universities in helping start business?
Nandan left Infosys and joined the Government when Indian Prime Minister appointed him to a cabinet level position in June, 2009. Currently, Nandan heads the Unique Identification Authority of India. He was
You can listen to Part-2 of the interview here.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
