Nandan Nilekani: The Integrator
He is the government's go-to person for tech intervention, irrespective of the party in power
Illustration by Rounak Patra
ISSUE DATE: Jun 5, 2023 | UPDATED: May 26, 2023 23:07 IST
BECAUSE he is the pioneer in conceiving and implementing India’s digital building blocks such as UPI, Aadhaar, eKYC and FASTag. He also helped the government develop the IT infrastructure to roll out GST and the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. The cerebral entrepreneur is the government’s go-to person for tech intervention, irrespective of the party in power