Nandan Nilekani

Nandan was born in Bangalore.After graduating in electrical engineering from IIT Mumbai in 1978, Nandan Nilekani joined Patni Computers. Here he worked under Narayan Murthy.

After his degree, Nandan co-founded Infosys with six others under the leadership of Narayana Murthy, and worked in the company for twenty-eight years. In this time, the company created lakhs of jobs across Karnataka and India.

Nandan gave up his role as Infosys co-Chairman in 2009 to take up the government position at the UIDAI, at the invitation of then Prime Minister Shri. Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Nandan is the president of the governing body of NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India's oldest and premier independent economic research institute. He is also a member of the board of governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

Nandan Nilekani is the CEO and managing director of the Infosys. Along with Narayan Murthy, he was one of the co-founders of Infosys. He has served as a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981. Before assuming the post of CEO in March 2002, Nandan Nilekani held the post of Managing Director, President and Chief Operating Officer.

Today Infosys' success story has become a legend in India's corporate history. Today, Infosys has an employee strength of 58,000, annual revenue of $2 billion and $21 billion capitalization.

AWARDS

• Sharma was awarded the Forbes Person of the Year in 2010, and GQ Man of the Year in 2013.

• Nandan was named the 'Corporate Citizen' of the Year at the Asia Business Leaders Award (2004) organized by CNBC.

• In 2005 he received the prestigious 'Joseph Schumpeter prize' for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics.

• In 2006, Nandan received the prestigious 'Padma Bhushan.' Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2009.