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Prime Venture Partners PodcastSnapfish to Aadhaar to MoneyTap to AI: Bala Parthasarathy on Building Across Eras🎙️ Bala Parthasarathy - Chairman & Co-founder, Freo, Director at People+AI, Senior Adviser, EMK Capital (London) - joins us for one of our most insightful episodes.In this full conversation, Bala discusses:🔹 Snapfish’s dotcom-era growth, crash, and acquisition by HP🔹 Building Aadhaar from the ground up with Nandan Nilekani🔹 The truth about raising and deploying venture capital🔹 What’s broken (and what’s working) in fintech🔹 The founder's mindset in the age of AIIf you're a founder, investor, or operator, this episode is packed with lessons, stories, and perspective.📌 Episode Timestam...2025-07-1534 min
Moneycontrol PodcastStarlink's India entry done, Eternal and Swiggy gain from Zepto stumble, Nandan Nilekani doubles down on AI4Bharat| MC Tech3In today’s Tech3 from Moneycontrol, Elon Musk’s Starlink finally gets the go-ahead to launch satellite internet in India. Swiggy and Eternal gain big on D-Street while Zepto hits turbulence. Nandan Nilekani doubles down on AI4Bharat, backing India’s AI language infrastructure. And IPL star Sai Sudharsan becomes the newest brand darling after a breakout season2025-06-0606 min
Handelsblatt Disrupt - Der Podcast über die Zukunft der WirtschaftIndien zwischen digitaler Revolution und Nachfragekrise - Infosys-Co-Gründer Nilekani im Interview
In den vergangenen Jahren hat sich Indien zum Hotspot für Tech-Investoren entwickelt. Unternehmen expandierten rasant und die Regierung trieb ihre Pläne für eine digitale Transformation kräftig voran. Doch zuletzt haben viele indische Unternehmen ihre Gewinnziele verfehlt und kämpfen mit einer schwachen Nachfrage. Mehr als 20 Milliarden Dollar haben ausländische Investoren in den vergangenen Monaten aus dem Land abgezogen. Chefredakteur Sebastian Matthes diskutiert mit Handelsblatt-Südostasien-Korrespondent Mathias Peer über die aktuellen Entwicklungen im Land.
Außerdem spricht er mit Nandan Nilekani, der Indiens digitalen Wandel in den vergangenen Jahren maßgeblich geprägt hat. Er war...2025-02-211h 13
Exploring MindsInfosys ex-CFO on India's Past, Present & Future, Modi vs Nehru era, Corruption, AI & NASDAQ
About Guest
Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee and former CFO and Board Member at Infosys. He is also the co-founder of Akshaya Patra, the world's largest school meal program for students, and works actively with government and regulators on policy recommendations and guidelines.
Mohan has served on the Boards of SEBI, the National Stock Exchange, the Manipal Group, and many other institutions. He has served on several regulatory and consultative committees, including the Primary Markets Committee of SEBI, several IITs, and the CAFRAL of the RBI. He is currently on the board of Havells.
He has emerged...2025-01-1354 min
The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes#1280 - Entrepreneur, Co-founder & Chairman of Infosys Nandan Nilekani in Conversation with SadhguruIn March 2014, Nandan Nilekani, entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys Ltd., explored leadership, spirituality, and nation-building with Sadhguru in a freewheeling conversation. They also discussed a range of other subjects such as overcoming fear of failure, empowering youth, and transforming Bharat into a great nation.Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: https://www.co...2024-12-2750 minThe Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes#1280 - Entrepreneur, Co-founder & Chairman of Infosys Nandan Nilekani in Conversation with SadhguruIn March 2014, Nandan Nilekani, entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys Ltd., explored leadership, spirituality, and nation-building with Sadhguru in a freewheeling conversation. They also discussed a range of other subjects such as overcoming fear of failure, empowering youth, and transforming Bharat into a great nation.Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: https://www.co...2024-12-2750 min
The AKF PodcastThe AKF Podcast featuring Nandan Nilekani🎙️ In this episode of The AKF Podcast, Nandan Nilekani highlights India’s transformative digital journey, driven by innovations like Aadhaar, UPI, and GST, which have revolutionised financial inclusion, transparency, and accessibility. By combining public digital infrastructure with private innovation, India has enabled large-scale societal and economic benefits, fostering inclusivity and formalization. Globally recognized, these initiatives serve as a model for digital empowerment and sustainable growth.
2024-12-0827 min
The Core Report#440 Democratising Finance: Talking AI & ‘Finternet’ with Nandan NilekaniVideo footage courtesy of https://sahamati.org.in/
In this episode of The Core Report: Weekend Edition, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj engages with Nandan Nilekani, the former CEO of Infosys and a pivotal figure in shaping India's digital identity and financial inclusion landscape.
The discussion touches upon the evolution of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in India, starting from the launch of Aadhaar in 2009 and progressing to the transformative Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and account aggregators. Nilekani highlights the critical role of population scale, frugal engineering, and public-private partnerships in fostering financial inclusion across the nati...2024-11-2331 min
Spirituality-Life LessonsNandan Nilekani, Chairman of Infosys, Explores the Future of Bharat, Leadership & Life with SadhguruIn March 2014, Nandan Nilekani, entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys Ltd., explored leadership, spirituality, and nation-building with Sadhguru in a freewheeling conversation. They also discussed a range of other subjects such as overcoming fear of failure, empowering youth, and transforming Bharat into a great nation.2024-11-1750 min
Spirituality-Life LessonsNandan Nilekani, Chairman of Infosys, Explores the Future of Bharat, Leadership & Life with SadhguruIn March 2014, Nandan Nilekani, entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys Ltd., explored leadership, spirituality, and nation-building with Sadhguru in a freewheeling conversation. They also discussed a range of other subjects such as overcoming fear of failure, empowering youth, and transforming Bharat into a great nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-11-1750 min
Top of the MorningWhat the border pact means for India and ChinaWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, October 24, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.It was another quiet day for Indian markets as the initial rally in IT stocks, which powered the indices upward, was quickly offset by a sharp downturn in the financial and auto pack, resulting in a flat close for both the Nifty 50 and Sensex on Wednesday.The Sensex and Nifty have fallen more than 5 percent in the last month. One thing is...2024-10-2405 min
People by WTFNikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3India today is a different India, when compared to 10 years ago. A lot of it has to do with The India Stack Journey (a set of open API's & digital public goods). Interesting to note how opportunity to serve at population scale is the theme of these innovations.In this episode of People by WTF, we sat with Nandan Nilekani to understand the trajectory of building this advanced Digital Public Infrastructure in India, which has made a significant impact in each of our day to day lives.Time stamps -2024-09-161h 06
Synergos Cultivate the Soul: Stories of Purpose-Driven PhilanthropyEmpowering People and Society with Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani PhilanthropiesRohini Nilekani is the Chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Co-founder and Director of EkStep, a non-profit education platform. She is also the Founder and Former Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up in 2001 for sustainable water and sanitation, which funds initiatives across India. From 2004 to 2014, she was Founder-Chairperson and chief funder of Pratham Books, a non-profit children’s publisher that reached millions of children during her tenure. She sits on the Board of Trustees of ATREE, an environmental think tank. In the past, she has served on the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Ind...2024-08-1226 min
Positive Leadership9 Powers of Positive Leadership - Lesson 8: Finding Your Way Into ImpactIt takes courage to stand for something, to go beyond yourself in service of people and the planetIn Lesson 8 of the 9 Powers of Positive Leadership, JP shares practical tips to help you develop your purpose mindset and find your way into impact from three positive leaders who know what this takes, Akhtar Badshah, Jacqueline Novogratz, and Indra Nooyi - listen now! If you haven't listened already, you can catch up on JP's conversations with this week's featured guests in full here:Akhtar Badshah: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1798971/9512920-activating-purpose-mindsets-with-akhtar-badshahJacqueline Novogratz: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1798971/14404175...2024-04-1706 min
Positive LeadershipAchieving ambitious goals (with Nandan Nilekani)What does it take to unite people around a vision for maximum impact?JP’s latest podcast guest, Nandan Nilekani, is an inspirational business and public sector leader whose incredible success has been driven by his ability to define a vision that is ambitious, audacious, bold and, most importantly, plausible.Learn more on the Positive Leadership podcast – and don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t already.Subscribe now to JP's free monthly newsletter "Positive Leadership and You" on LinkedIn to transform your positive impact today: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/positive-leadership-you-6970390170017669121/2023-09-2746 min
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One Thing Today in TechOne thing today in tech – Infosys to build 50,000 strong AI army on NVIDIA techIn today’s episode we take a quick look at an expanded partnership between NVIDIA and Infosys that seeks to equip an army of AI specialists trained in the AI chip giant’s technologies, but first one other headline that caught my attention yesterday.
WhatsApp continues to roll out new features in India that will allow users in its largest market by userbase to do much more without leaving the instant messaging app. Coinciding with its Conversations event yesterday in Mumbai, WhatsApp announced new payments options for users.
Users in India can add items to thei...2023-09-2106 min
CII PodcastsLeveraging India’s Digital Platforms for Global Good ft Nandan NilekaniNandan Nilekani, Chairman and Co-Founder, Infosys and Founding Chairman, UIDAI (Aadhaar) talks about the remarkable journey of the India Stack at the B20 Summit India 2023. A set of API, it has laid the groundwork for the establishment of a comprehensive Digital Public Infrastructure in the country.How can India’s digital platforms and the learnings from its digital journey be scaled up for driving global good? How has the development of a robust digital public infrastructure transformed the delivery mechanism of important services, such as financial inclusion, digital education & healthcare, government services, etc. to the Indian ci...2023-09-0817 min
McKinsey Future of AsiaLeading Asia - Infosys’ Nandan Nilekani on using technology for goodInfosys’ Nandan Nilekani shares on the transformative power of socially conscious leadership. The Infosys co-founder discusses how he thinks India’s start-ups can revolutionise people’s lives and work, as well as his own reflections from the time he spent helping to lead India’s digital public infrastructure journey. Read the full interview with Nandan Nilekani here: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/why-infosys-nandan-nilekani-is-urging-leaders-to-use-tech-for-good See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information2023-08-3010 min
IMA InsightsUpdate- A Great Debt by Adit JainNandan Nilekani played the formative role in creating the basic infrastructure - Aadhar - upon which various offerings and government services have been stacked. He advised UPI, ONDC and informally worked with the government on several projects. Perhaps, most importantly, it is said that he convinced the Prime Minister, in the early months of the administration in 2014, of the enormous spectrum for offerings that could be dovetailed on the UID platform. Full credit to Mr Narendra Modi, for having recognised, very early on, how significant Aadhar would be as the basis of his personal vision to transition I...2023-05-2104 min
The BidHow Digital Payments Are Revolutionizing India ft. Infosys Chairman and Co-Founder Nandan NilekaniOver the past 14 years, India has undergone a digital transformation that has caught the attention of the world: It has built a digital identity system that has created unique IDs for over a billion Indian people and launched a digital payment system that has revolutionized consumers’ access to financial services and healthcare. Host Mark Wiedman is joined by Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys to talk about how the country is building a digital public infrastructure that brings new economic growth for societyThis material is intended for information purposes only, and does not...2023-05-1220 min
Founder ThesisFinancial inclusion for the bottom of the pyramid | Rahul Gupta @ Avanti FinanceIt is of no doubt that technology is a crucial driver of financial inclusion. Avanti Finance is building an ecosystem around tech to empower India’s unbanked sector. Backed by stalwarts Ratan Tata and Nandan Nilekani, this startup sees the promise of making India poverty-free. Rahul shares his learnings from his long experience inside GE and the fundamental principles of scaling up a lending business focussed on the unbanked and the underbanked.Insights shared:- Why microfinance institutions are unable to fix the credit gap Why the partnership model works better than building distribution The GTM st...2023-03-2747 min
गिरिजेश वशिष्ठ (KnockingNews) का official चैनलनया कौन सा फार्मूला आया जिसने अडानी के शेयर हरे कर दिये• The Supreme Court of India has formed an expert committee to review the regulatory framework of the stock market after a sharp slide in shares of Adani Group companies following a report by US short-seller Hindenburg Research. • The committee comprises six members, including OP Bhatt, Justice JP Devadhar, KV Kamath, Nandan Nilekani, Somasekhar Sundaresan, and is headed by Justice AM Sapre. • The committee will look into various aspects of the Adani-Hindenburg case, including the causes of the volatility in the securities market and regulatory failures. • The members of the committee have diverse backgrounds, including banking, law, and technology. • OP Bhatt is a...2023-03-0217 min
In Good Company with Nicolai TangenNandan Nilekani Co-founder and Chairman of InfosysIn this episode, Nicolai Tangen talks to Nandan Nilekani Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys, one of the world’s largest IT companies with more than 300 000 employees. Nandan has had an amazing career both at Infosys and for the Indian government where he led the biggest social project on the planet.The production team on this episode was PLAN-B’s Niklas Figenschaug Johansen and Martin Oftedal. Background research were done by Sigurd Brekke with additional input from Doug Shell.Links:Watch the episode on YouTube: Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTubeWant to learn more abou...2023-02-0831 min
Trumponomics'Wake Up!' Global Elites Confront a World Full of Risks at Davos“My fear is that we are sleepwalking into this world. But hey, here is Davos! Wake up! Do the right thing!” That's the rallying cry of Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, imploring the global elite at this week's World Economic Forum to be vigilant as an almost unrivaled list of perils weighs on the world's leaders. Recession looks set to sweep across the globe, nations are leaning more heavily on coal amid tight energy supplies and the cost of servicing debt is soaring. Getting things wrong, Georgieva says, means dragging the “world into a place where...2023-01-1931 minTrumponomics'Wake Up!' Global Elites Confront a World Full of Risks at Davos“My fear is that we are sleepwalking into this world. But hey, here is Davos! Wake up! Do the right thing!” That's the rallying cry of Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, imploring the global elite at this week's World Economic Forum to be vigilant as an almost unrivaled list of perils weighs on the world's leaders. Recession looks set to sweep across the globe, nations are leaning more heavily on coal amid tight energy supplies and the cost of servicing debt is soaring. Getting things wrong, Georgieva says, means dragging the “world into a place where...2023-01-1931 min
Return on IndiaNandan Nilekani - Building the India Stack: UPI, Aadhar and Data EmpowermentMy guest today is Nandan Nilekani. Nandan is one of the most transformative figures in the Indian technology landscape, both in the private and public sector. He co-founded Infosys - one of the world’s largest information technology services firms with a market cap of over $75B, and served as the Chairman of UIDAI which developed many of India’s world class public digital infrastructure initiatives such as Aadhar, UPI, OCEN, amongst others. Nandan is often referred to as India’s CTO and I’m thrilled today to have the opportunity to speak with him. For the f...2022-12-0847 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharPramod Varma on India's Digital EmpowermentIndia has achieved a technological miracle by empowering hundreds of millions of people with the power of identity. Pramod Varma joins Vasant Dhar in episode 50 of Brave New World to discuss his pioneering role in setting up large scale digital public infrastructure. Useful resources: 1. Pramod Varma on LinkedIn and Twitter. 2. India Stack, Aadhaar, E-Sign, DigiLocker and United Payments Interface. 3. The Beckn Protocol. 4. Nandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian Internet -- Episode 15 of Brave New World. 5. Data Democracy: People and Power in the Digital Age -- Nandan Nilekani's talk. 6. Why the US needs public-private partnerships for digital infrastructure -- Vasant Dhar. 7. 3 ways to increase 2022-12-011h 35
Grand TamashaRohini Nilekani on the Secret to Successful GovernanceRohini Nilekani is an author and philanthropist who has worked for over three decades in India’s social sectors. She is the founder of Arghyam, a foundation for sustainable water and sanitation, and she also co-founded Pratham Books, a nonprofit which aims to enable access to reading for millions of children. With her husband Nandan, she is the co-founder and director of EkStep, a nonprofit education platform.Her latest book, Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar (Society, State, and Markets): A Citizen-First Approach, encapsulates many of the lessons she has learned in her years working in the civil society and ph...2022-10-0537 min
Listen To The Transformative Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!The Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World by Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan NilekaniPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624669to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World
Author: Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan Nilekani
Narrator: Anuj Datta
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Release date: August 23, 2022
Genres: Computers & Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Digital is inevitable. Disconnecting is impractical. The Art of Bitfulness is a book on how to live with our devices, not how to live without them.What is Bitfulness?Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology.In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani describe a framework to tune out the overwhelming noise of...2022-08-238h 44
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyThe Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World by Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan NilekaniPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World Author: Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan Nilekani Narrator: Anuj Datta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: Digital is inevitable. Disconnecting is impractical. The Art of Bitfulness is a book on how to live with our devices, not how to live without them.What is Bitfulness?Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology.In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani describe a framework to tune out the overwhelming noise...2022-08-2310 minGrab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyThe Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World by Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan NilekaniPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624669to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Art Of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World
Author: Tanuj Bhojwani, Nandan Nilekani
Narrator: Anuj Datta
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Release date: August 23, 2022
Genres: Computers & Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Digital is inevitable. Disconnecting is impractical. The Art of Bitfulness is a book on how to live with our devices, not how to live without them.What is Bitfulness?Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology.In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani describe a framework to tune out the overwhelming noise of...2022-08-238h 44
One Thing Today in TechPaytm shareholders near unanimous in voting to approve Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s reappointment and payShareholders of One97 Communications, which operates the fintech platform Paytm, voted almost unanimously for founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s reappointment as managing director and CEO for another five years, at the company’s annual general meeting last week. Nandan Nilekani’s VC firm Fundamentum has raised $227 million for its second fund. And some Tesla drivers tested the ‘self-driving’ feature on their own children.
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Shareholders of One97 Communications, which operates the fintech platform Paytm, voted almost unanimously for founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s reappointment as managing director and CEO for another five years, at the company’s an...2022-08-2204 min
THE ONE'S CHANGING THE WORLD -PODCASTACCESS TO LEARNING FOR EVERY CHILD - SHANKAR MARUWADA- CEO : EKSETEP FOUNDATION#ekstep #aadhar #education #technology
Access to learning opportunities for every child that's the motto for Shankar Maruwada CEO and Co-founder of EkStep an organization that is leveraging technology, big data, and mobile platforms to drive forward education at scale in India. Infosys Chairman and Co-founder, Nandan Nilekani, and Rohini Nilekani are the other two Co-founders of the EkStep Foundation. The EkStep Foundation was set up in 2015. The idea was to think big: they aimed for a big goal to reach 200 million children in India and improve their access to learning opportunities and help them achieve improved learning...2022-03-1446 min
Prime Venture Partners Podcast#88 Nandan Nilekani & Tanuj Bhojwani - How to Reduce Distractions, Find Focus & Do What MattersNandan Nilekani, co-founder and chairman of Infosys, and Tanuj Bhojwani, fellow at iSpirit in conversation with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:20 - Finding the The Art of Bitfulness in a Distracted World10:00 - How to Avoid Clutter & Find Focus17:00 - Define Yourself & Find Time for What Matters23:00 - FOMO, Exposure Therapy & Time Blocking28:10 - Rails by Government; Innovation by EntrepreneursTo learn more about Nandan & Tanuj's frameworks and insights check out The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the D...2022-02-2137 min
Express ConversationsExpress Conversations Ep 14: Nandan NilekaniIn this episode, Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder of Infosys and a key creator of the Aadhar identification system, speaks to Anant Goenka, Executive Director of the Indian Express Group, and P Vaidyanathan Iyer, Executive Editor of The Indian Express. They discuss Nilekani's new book, 'The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World'. They speak about everything from how the internet in its current form blurs the lines between public and private and the importance of digital hygiene to the attention economy and the way in which technology and the internet can be used to serve our interests.2022-02-2157 min
TechshotsNandan Nilekani is part of the govt advisory body for e-comThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://techshotsapp.com/2021/07/06/nandan-nilekani-is-part-of-the-govt-advisory-body-for-e-com/
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Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharNandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian InternetThe internet began with an Age of Innocence, which gave way to the Age of Commerce, driven by the advertising model. Nandan Nilekani joins Vasant Dhar in episode 15 of Brave New World to describe how we have now entered the Age of Geopolitics, in which nation states are jostling for power with big tech companies, while tailoring regulation based on their needs and aspirations. They also discuss Nandan's pioneering role in building India's data empowerment architecture -- which the rest of the world can learn from in designing systems that empower individuals as well as societies. Useful...2021-06-2452 min
The VCpreneur: Startups | Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | FundraisingEP#37 Abhishek Goyal – The VC to founder journey, entrepreneurship lessons from the VC experience & investing in FlipkartIn this episode, Abhihshek Goyal, Co-founder @Tracxn & Serial Angel Investor, joins our host Digjay, to talk about his exciting journey as an entrepreneur, VC & an angel investor, learnings from his previous startups & scaling his latest venture – Tracxn, how being a VC & an angel investor influences his operating style as an entrepreneur, Abhishek’s investment in Flipkart, his approach to angel investing & fundraising advice for founders.
Abhishek started his career with Yahoo & Amazon and also founded two startups before joining Accel Partners. After working for 3 years at Accel, Abhishek plunged back into entrepreneurship, and launched two more startups — UrbanT...2021-05-1634 min
Lessons from Leaders by YourStoryEP 2 - Nandan Nilekani on why scale matters, his ‘big dream,’ and moreIn an exclusive conversation with YourStory, tech magnate Nandan Nilekani gets candid on his ‘big dream’ of making a difference to the lives of the 1.3 billion people in India and how the IndiaStack innovations can be India’s big contribution for digital public good to the world. Tech magnate and business legend Nandan Nilekani is credited with building India’s digital infrastructure and setting the country on the path to growth, but the man, known to the world as the tech czar of India, says there’s one central reason for the kind of impact he’s been able to create: t...2021-03-0819 min
The Indianaut PodcastSETU CEO Sahil KiniSahil Kini is the co-founder and CEO of SETU, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Fintech that enables organizations to offer financial services to its users through Setu’s API stack. A former venture capitalist, he was one of the first few team members of the Aadhaar project when it launched in September 2010 under Nandan Nilekani and later was a core team member at iSPIRT foundation.Embedded finance/BaaS is the talk of the town, with the likes of Marqeta, Plaid, and Stripe acting as pioneers globally. In this episode, Sahil Kini talks with The Indianaut Podcast host Gautam Marwah ab...2021-03-031h 03
BlitzBusiness Indian PodcastSanjeev Aggarwal, a Venture Capital Titan: An upscale journey, with enviable numbers and 3 unicorns! Tune in to hear about his $600 million fund, and where it all started 30 years ago.Behind The Deal is a new podcast series from BlitzBusiness focusing on the intricacies of venture capital.
Sanjeev has spent three decades in the Indian technology sector. He has been an entrepreneur and is a venture capitalist.
He was the founder and CEO of Daksh, a pioneer in the BPO sector and led the company till June 2006, scaling it over 20,000 employees. Daksh was acquired by IBM in 2004. He was chosen “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2002.
Sanjeev co-founded two venture capital firms: Helion Ventures and Fundamentum and has participated in both waves of i...2021-02-011h 01
Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipCEO and Co-founder of the EkStep Foundation, Shankar Maruwada, explains how they’re leveraging technology, big data and mobile platforms to drive forward education at scale in India
Infosys Chairman and Co-founder, Nandan Nilekani, and Rohini Nilekani, are the other two Co-founders of the EkStep Foundation. Both Nandan and Rohini are signatories of The Giving Pledge — a commitment made by billionaires to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
Infosys is one of the world’s largest IT firms and Nandan Nilekani’s involvement places the EkStep Foundation in a strong position to leverage technology in pursuit of education — the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4).
The EkStep Foundation was set up in 2015. The idea was to think big: they aimed for a...2021-01-0337 min
The Neon ShowMaking a crisis work for you with Sanjay Swamy & T. N. HariIn this special episode of 100xEntrepreneur Podcast, we have Sanjay Swamy & T.N. Hari with us who were once best friends in School. After many years, they reunited again to write a book - “Sailing Through a Storm: Making a Crisis Work for You”.Sanjay Swamy is the Founding Managing Partner of Prime Venture Partners. Sanjay who also co-founded ZipDial and EzeTap is known for his sense of humour and his impeccable expertise over fintech.T. N. Hari is the Chief People Officer at BigBasket. Hari is an advisor and mentor to numerous young entrepreneurs and startups. He is also a St...2020-12-1444 min
The Business of PhilanthropyNandan and Rohini Nilekani; A Conversation with Badr JafarThe Business of Philanthropy – Examples of questions explored in this interview with renowned philanthropists Nandan and Rohini Nilekani, conducted by Badr Jafar: Are there some golden rules for strategic #philanthropy? How is technology changing the philanthropic sector? How will COVID-19 impact our ability to achieve the #SDGs by 2030? What are the current trends around giving in #India? Also available on YouTube, follow the link:https://youtu.be/CBYICN-HYA42020-12-1323 min
Indian Silicon ValleyE19 - Breaking the B2B Code w/Tracxn's Neha SinghIn this Episode, I speak with Neha Singh, Co-Founder of Tracxn.
Tracxn is one of the largest platforms in the world to track Private Markets. It covers more than 300 tech sectors , 800+ themes, and has thousands of Large Corporations as Clients including the likes of Google, a16z and others! Tracxn has scale to more than 600 employees through the last 6+ years, and Neha tells us a lot of hiring and culture secrets through the Episode. Backed by the likes of marquee investors - Sequoia & Accel, 3one4, Prime & Elevation (Previously SAIF) and star angels like - Mr. Ratan Tata, M...2020-12-1357 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharWelcome to Brave New WorldThe role of tech in our lives has accelerated in the post-COVID era, creating a ‘virtual’ existence with low physical human contact. It has transformed how we work, govern, stay healthy, worship, invest, entertain, and much more. In this preview episode, Vasant Dhar -- a longtime AI researcher and data scientist -- tells us about the forthcoming mind-opening conversations with leading experts will discuss the world that our future selves will inhabit. Upcoming guests include: Scott Galloway: Author, entrepreneur and visionary, Professor NYU. Sinan Aral: Professor MIT, author of The Hype Machine. Yann Lecun...2020-12-0303 min
Startup Garage (Powered By Microsoft For Startups)#22 Growth Stage Investing Ft. Ashish Kumar, Partner, FundamentumAshish Kumar is a partner at Fundamentum Partnership - a Series B/C focused VC Fund based out of India. Prior to this, he was a serial technology entrepreneur and had started multiple tech companies with successful exits including one to a publicly listed entity. At Fundamentum, Ashish invests $10M-$25M, alongside Nandan Nilekani (Founder, Infosys) and Sanjeev Aggarwal (Founder, Helion), across sectors. Some of their portfolio companies: PharmEasy, Spinny, FarEye. In this episode, we chat with him about his acquisition story, growth stage investing, how things change at a B-round of investment and deal-sourcing. 2020-10-2429 min
Startup Garage (Powered By Microsoft For Startups)#17 Digital Logistics Ft. Gautam Kumar, Co-Founder & COO, FarEyeIn this episode, we have invited over Gautam Kumar, Co-Founder, FarEye, one of the fastest growing digital logistics startup from India. FarEye serves more than 5 million transactions every day across 20 countries. It is backed by Microsoft, SAIF Partners and Fundamentum (Nandan Nilekani), and is bringing efficiencies to the trillion dollar logistics and supply chain industry. Tune in to hear about his journey starting in 2013 and building FarEye into a global logistics SaaS player.2020-09-2545 min
Life & Style at 8150'13. A Pandemic Pause...Did you know it takes 7 seconds for intelligence to make it from the gut to the brain?
I had the pleasure of having a discussion with my good friend, Kat Haber about the amazing work that she is doing with TedxVail and how the organization is adapting during the pandemic to keep the conversation going and to support our community in this time of unprecedented uncertainty. If you would like to register for the COVID Clues presentations that Kat speaks about, you can do so on their Facebook page (@tedxvail) or by visiting tedxvail.com.
2020-09-0918 min
Mint Capital Calculus12: India's Next Big Bet: Internal GlobalizationAlmost everyone believes in India’s potential. But its inability to eliminate the myriad social and economic barriers has been its undoing. Nandan Nilekani the former UIDAI chief and Infy co-founder believes this can be achieved through internal globalization.
2020-08-2714 min
KenFM: StandpunkteSTANDPUNKTE • Indien wird Überwachungsstaat und die BIZ empfiehlt das als VorbildJetzt KenFM unterstützen: https://www.patreon.com/KenFMde Den vollständigen STANDPUNKTE-Text (inkl ggf. Quellenhinweisen und Links) findet ihr hier: https://kenfm.de/standpunkte-%e2%80%a2-indien-wird-ueberwachungsstaat-und-die-biz-empfiehlt-das-als-vorbild/ Ein Standpunkt von Norbert Häring. Die Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ), die mächtige Zentralbank der Zentralbanken in Basel, hat ein vom Chef selbst in Auftrag gegebenes Papier veröffentlicht, das in mehr als einer Hinsicht skandalös ist. Es befürwortet die weltweite Übernahme des Ansatzes der indischen Regierung zum Datenaustausch. Mit diesem soll eine Milliarde Menschen ihrer Privatsphäre beraubt werden. Die indische Regierung unter Narendra Modi ist nicht irge...2020-02-2418 min
Prime Venture Partners Podcast14: Lessons Learned From Investing in Public Markets with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner at Prime Venture PartnersShripati Acharya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripatiacharya/) and Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing partners at Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) sit together to discuss Shripati's early investment picks, lessons learned from investing in public markets, how founders can prepare themselves to build a successful company and more.Shripati Acharya, throughout his career, be it as a business lead at Cisco or as a co‐founder of Snapfish, the world's largest photo site acquired by HP or at Transarc, which was acquired by IBM, Shripati has combined his passion to build great teams, an ex...2020-02-2024 min
SeedToScale | Curated by AccelINSIGHTS #45 - 2019 Roundup - 12 Insights for FoundersIn the first episode of 2020's #InsightsPodcast series, we take a look back to round up the learnings that 2019’s series left us with.We kick-start 2020’s #InsightsPodcast series with a special episode that offers a quick roundup of our 2019 podcasts and presents the top 12 highly recommended insights for entrepreneurs.
Finding the right opportunity
The bare essential task of identifying the right opportunity is something that every founding team must go through.
1.Farid Ahsan of Sharechat shares how he and his co-founders went about discovering the idea. “We started observing why people were making...2020-01-1028 min
Talks at GSNandan NilekaniIn this episode, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani discusses his experiences leading India’s second-largest IT services firm and his efforts to enhance financial inclusion through payment digitization and India’s unique biometric-based identity platform. The interview is moderated by Goldman Sachs' Harit Talwar.
Date: June 3, 2019
This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, or disclosed by any recipient to any other person. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute a recommendation from any Goldman Sachs entity to the recipient. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warr...2019-11-1523 min
Talks at GSNandan NilekaniIn this episode, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani discusses his experiences leading India’s second-largest IT services firm and his efforts to enhance financial inclusion through payment digitization and India’s unique biometric-based identity platform. The interview is moderated by Goldman Sachs' Harit Talwar.Date: June 3, 2019This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, or disclosed by any recipient to any other person. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute a recommendation from any Goldman Sachs entity to the recipient. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affi...2019-11-1523 minDo One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipFounder & CEO of Co-Impact, Olivia Leland, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss the global collaborative she launched and how it aims to achieve impact at scale in education, health and economic opportunityFounder & CEO of Co-Impact, Olivia Leland, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss the global collaborative she launched and how it aims to achieve impact at scale in education, health and economic opportunity.
Co-Impact’s core partners include Bill & Melinda Gates, the Rockefeller Foundation, Rohini and Nandan Nilekani, Jeff Skoll, the ELMA Foundation and Richard Chandler.
Olivia explains that Co-Impact is a global collaborative focused on systems change to improve the lives of millions by advancing education, improving people’s health, and providing economic opportunity. It connects philanthropists and social change leaders from around th...2019-10-0631 min
Interpreting IndiaTechnology and Society with Nandan NilekaniSrinath Raghavan sits down with Nandan Nilekani to discuss the future of globalization, data empowerment, and the role of technology on society in India and around the world.--EPISODE CONTRIBUTORSNandan Nilekani is an Indian software entrepreneur. He is currently the co-chairman and co-founder of Infosys Technologies Ltd. In 2004, Nilekani was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest Indian civilian decoration. In January 2006, he became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the World Economic Forum Foundation Board. Srinath Raghavan is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India. H...2019-08-1531 minInterpreting IndiaTrailer: Episode 1Interpreting India debuts August 15. For the inaugural episode, Srinath Raghavan talks to Nandan Nilekani about the economy, data privacy, and India's role in an increasingly globalized world.
Every two weeks, Interpreting India brings you diverse voices from India and around the world to explore the critical questions shaping the nation's future. We delve into how technology, the economy, and foreign policy intertwine to influence India's relationship with the global stage.As a Carnegie India production, hosted by Carnegie scholars, Interpreting India, a Carnegie India production, provides insightful perspectives and cutting-edge by tackling the defining...2019-08-1301 min
SeedToScale | Curated by AccelINSIGHTS #35 - Nandan Nilekani shares his journey from building Infosys to rolling out AadhaarIn this episode of the #InsightsPodcast series, we have Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys and the man who put in place India’s Aadhaar identification system. He tells us about how his time at IIT-Bombay honed his skills, growing Infosys, working on the UIDAI project, and why the ‘thinker-doer’ approach works.
We continue with our #InsightsPodcast, and on this edition have with us one of India’s biggest business legends, Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys, its current Non-Executive Chairman and the brain behind Aadhaar while serving as the Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India. He is a Padma...2019-08-0942 min
Stars of Learning PodcastEp 7: Design Organization for Scale : Holistic Perspectives for Market Fit & Success with Hari TN from Big BasketTopic: Design Organization for Scale: Holistic Perspectives for market fit & success
TN Hari heads the HR at Big basket and is an advisor and sounding board to numerous young entrepreneurs and startups. He is also a Strategic Advisor at ‘Fundamentum’, which is a homegrown growth phase VC fund set up by Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal. He has studied at IIT & IIM and worked at an executive level with multiple start-ups/scale-ups and has been through four successful exits in different industries that are (Daksh, Virtusa, Amba Research &TaxiForSure). His passion is in scaling organizations through clear think...2019-07-0451 min
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's PodcastStandpoint Podcast on "Age of Disruption" with Nandan NilekaniThis podcast is on "Age of Disruption" with Infosys co-founder and former chairman of UIDAI, Nandan Nilekani, in conversation with Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and Dr.Shruti Kapila, University of Cambridge.
This episode discusses key issues that will drive India’s #economic and #social future growth. But what global role can India play in this age of disruption? Listen to the podcast to know more.
This podcast is being released in partnership with The Times of India and Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge2019-05-2231 min
OutliersHow Nandan Nilekani brings people together to create lasting impactNandan Nilekani - cofounder of Infosys, the brain behind Aadhaar and India’s recent financial platforms, including “the IndiaStack.” - talks about his playbook for building things and how he builds them to create impact at scale.
Produced by Anand Murali
Music Credit: www.accelerated-ideas.com/2019-04-2924 min
Coleção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS430: 40.05 Stewart Friedman - Technology and psychological interferenceNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about what has stayed the same and what has changed significantly in his thinking around work life integration. He talks about the ubiquity of technological devices that now surround us and speaks about the need for all of us to build psychological tools to benefit from the technological advancements without incurring the cost that often comes hand in hand with such developments.
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project. He...2019-02-1307 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS428: 40.07 Stewart Friedman - Role of a coach in Work-life integrationNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about the role of two types of coaches in such journeys. Firstly, he speaks about the value of peer to peer coaching networks where you are compassionate, curious, caring and candid with each other and learn/help each of the members of the group move forward. He also speaks about the role of professional coaches in providing another perspective and in holding you accountable
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life In...2019-02-1305 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS429: 40.06 Stewart Friedman - Managing stakeholder expectationsNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about the criticality of unearthing what the stakeholders really want and solving for it. He suggests that we should go past what they state as positions and unearth their real expectations while having these conversations. He also speaks about the criticality of caring for self before caring for others. He compares this to a change management initiative and suggests that one needs to be artfully political while driving changes through the system. GUEST
Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the...2019-02-1308 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS431: 40.04 Stewart Friedman - Tradeoffs by stage - Post B-school, Mid life, End CareerNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about how the nature of the issues people grapple with varies depending on the stage of their journey. He specifically speaks about 3 points of people. 1) Point of graduation from Business School 2) Mid-life (about 15 odd years after graduation) 3) Retirement. For a longer piece around Navigating Mid-life, please see bit.ly/NavigatingMidLife
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984 and became the Management De...2019-02-1307 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS433: 40.02 Stewart Friedman - Positive spillovers across domainsNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew talks about notion of positive spill overs across the 4 domains (Self, Work, Home, Community) and describes why finding harmony across domains is a more sustainable than looking at them as trade-offs. He expands on the notion of positive spillovers across domains and specifically talks about some of the elements which are often underappreciated by leaders. He introduces the notion of a four way win where we can look at trying experiments to achieve wins in all 4 domains of life.
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania...2019-02-1311 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS432: 40.03 Stewart Friedman - Role of Authenticity, Integrity & CreativityNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about the role of authenticity (being real by clarifying what is important), integrity (having a clear view of who you are as an entire person and being clear about roles towards and expectations from stakeholders) and creativity (being innovating in crafting experiments to deliver four way wins). He specifically speaks about how some stakeholders expect less and are willing to support more than you think.
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Li...2019-02-1306 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS434: 40.01 Stewart Friedman - 4 porous domains – Self, Work, Home & CommunityNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew talks about the building blocks of his Total Leadership Model that he has developed at the Wharton Work Life Integration Project. Of the four domains (Self, Work, Home and Community), he expands on what he means by Self and Community as those two are often the least understood by leaders around the world.
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984 and became th...2019-02-1306 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS435: 40.00 Stewart Friedman - The full conversationGUEST
Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984 and became the Management Department's first Practice Professor in recognition of his work within the fields of Leadership Development, Human Resources and Work–Life Integration on the application theory and research on the real challenges facing organizations.
In our conversation, we spoke about how Dr. Friedman thinks about 4 domains - Self, Work, Home and Community and how we c...2019-02-131h 03Coleção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS427: 40.08 Stewart Friedman - Flex the current context or rebootNUGGET CONTEXT
Stew speaks about how we should try and stretch the boundaries of our current context before we start thinking about drastic solutions including changing jobs. He speaks about the notion of the Theory of small wins that underpins that Total Leadership approach and also refers to the work of Herminia Ibarra – Author of the book Working Identity.
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Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty sinc...2019-02-1305 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS426: 39.00 Ramachandra Guha - The full conversationGUEST
Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the academic year 2011-2 he served as the Philippe Roman Professor of History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics.
Guha’s books include a pioneering environmental history, The Unquiet Woods (University of California Press, 1989), and an award-winning social history of cricket, A Corner of a Foreign Field (Picador, 2002). India after Gandhi (Mac...2019-01-1752 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS416: 39.10 Ramachandra Guha - In Summary Playing to potentialNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about how he has learnt (from Gandhiji) the criticality of using the right language when you engage with people who might have a differing point of view.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the academic year 2011-2 he served as the Philippe Roman Professor of History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics.
G...2019-01-1703 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS417: 39.09 Ramachandra Guha - Inner journeyNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about Gandhiji’s inner journey on multiple fronts – diet, medicine, celibacy and inter-faith harmony. He speaks about how he had a scientific approach in each of these and sometimes crafted experiments to test out a certain belief and based on the results, modified it as he moved forward. He also speaks about Gandhiji’s tolerance and open-ness to others’ views as he was shaping his world-view through his journey.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the Uni...2019-01-1708 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS418: 39.08 Ramachandra Guha - How Gandhiji made decisionsNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about Gandhiji went about making complex decisions. He talks about how he was able to combine the need to be democratic and to listen to the various people around him with the ability to be decisive and back his instincts given the overall context.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the academic year 2011-2 he s...2019-01-1703 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS419: 39.07 Ramachandra Guha - Being vulnerableNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr Guha talks about how Gandhiji openly spoke and wrote about his flaws (defects, manias, lusts, passions and superstitions) without any inhibition. This approach is in such a stark contrast to how several leaders of today manage their personal image. He also spoke about how Gandhiji was often open to feedback (including being open to inputs from Mahadev Desai – his assistant) and would be comfortable acknowledging publicly if he was wrong in a debate.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Nae...2019-01-1704 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS422: 39.04 Ramachandra Guha - Multiple identities of GandhijiNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about how Gandhiji straddled multiple careers concurrently (including that of a Politician, Social Reformer, Prophet and Writer). He talks about the fact that he saw his life as one indivisible whole where he emphasized each facet at a different point in time.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the academic year 2011-2 he served as t...2019-01-1704 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS423: 39.03 Ramachandra Guha - Key career choicesNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about some of the key choices he made at various forks in the road that presented themselves in front of him. He specifically talks about the crucial role of his father and his wife in giving him the flexibility to pursue his calling without getting him to “play safe” or to seek commercially lucrative options at the expense of pursuing things that energized him.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and b...2019-01-1714 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS424: 39.02 Ramachandra Guha - Being a historian - what it takesNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha shares his perspectives around some of the elements behind being an effective historian. He talks about how his early years in cricket prepared him for the grind of being a historian and refers to the criticality of an independent mind and the ability to articulate complex thoughts in everyday language. He also gives us a glimpse into the rhythm of his typical day, especially in the mornings.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University o...2019-01-1708 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS425: 39.01 Ramachandra Guha - Path to becoming a HistorianNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr. Guha speaks about his journey from playing cricket for St. Stephens (along with players like Kirti Azad who played for India and was part of the 1983 World Cup winning Cricket team) to pursuing a PhD in IIM Kolkata to eventually becoming a historian. He talks about the context behind some of the choices along the way and talks about the role of chance at various inflection points.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of O...2019-01-1712 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS421: 39.05 Ramachandra Guha - Settling into a new contextNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr Guha speaks about the phase of transition when Gandhiji moved from South Africa to India. He talks about how Gandhiji was advised (by Gopal Krishna Gokhale) to spend about a year understanding the nuances of the country before embarking on a journey of change. He also speaks about Gandhiji’s open-mindedness and willingness to listen which enabled him to absorb the complexity of the country without bringing his biases.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the Uni...2019-01-1711 minColeção de Autoras em Português by VARIOUS420: 39.06 Ramachandra Guha - Gandhiji’s personal lifeNUGGET CONTEXT
Dr Guha discusses the dichotomy between Gandhiji’s accomplishments on the public front and contrasts that with some of the challenges he had with relationships on the home front. He provides some context around why this might have happened.
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Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the academic year 2011-2 he served as the Philippe Roman Professor of History and...2019-01-1703 min
OutliersEp 62: "CIS is like the Kamasutra... a collection of many positions," says Sunil AbrahamSunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been a digital warrior much before online privacy and data security became fashionable battles to fight in India. Abraham founded CIS in 2008 and established the organization as an important voice for explaining privacy in the social, digital age in India.
Over past decade, Abraham has questioned projects -- most famously, Aadhaar. Many in the country, especially those in the technology ecosystem, have found him difficult to comprehend. And that has a lot to do with the ironies he lives with. For instance, despite being a vocal critic of Aadhaar...2018-07-0646 min
The 85%Tech Titan Nandan Nilekani Says the Time for Data Democracy Is NowNandan Nilekani (@NandanNilekani) is one of India's most successful tech leaders. In 1981, he co-founded Infosys, the massive IT and outsourcing company. After more than 35 years there, he became the architect of the Indian government's Aadhaar program, the biometric database that has registered more than a billion Indians with an ID number to access a range of government and private services. He's also invested in several startups and founded the digital education platform EkStep. In his recent book, "Rebooting India," Nilekani argues that data and technological innovation hold the key to improving Indian society, from healthcare to education to anti-corruption. Emerge85...2018-06-0100 min
Events at USIPData Democracy: People and Power in the Digital AgeNandan Nilekani is the co-founder of Infosys and former chairman of Aadhaar, India’s massive biometric identification system. The U.S. Institute of Peace, PeaceTech Lab and emerge85 discussed with Nilekani on India’s emerging data economy, which seeks to restore individuals’ control over their personal data while fueling public and private sector innovation.
Speakers
Nandan Nilekani, Featured SpeakerCo-Founder, Infosys
Sheldon Himelfarb, ModeratorFounder & CEO, PeaceTech Lab
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/data-democracy-people-and-power-digital-age
2018-05-2247 min
NewSprintNewSprint: August 25, 2017Dera Sacha Sauda chief convicted in rape case; Nandan Nilekani new chairman of Infosys; Bhuvi heaps praise on Dhoni.2017-08-2501 min
The Editor's PodcastDecoding the historic SC judgments and Nandan Nilekani back at InfosysThis week Mint editor discusses the Right to Privacy, what the banning of the instantaneous triple talaq means and it's reboot time at Infosys with Nilekani back as non-executive chairman.2017-08-2508 min
NewSprintNewSprint: August 23, 2017Nandan Nilekani back to head Infosys?; Nike gives new kits to Team India; Forbes' highest paid actors list is out; What makes the Hyundai Verna special?2017-08-2302 min
Play to Potential Podcast11.00 Nandan Nilekani on Leadership and Transitioning across Infosys, UIDAI, Politics and moreGUEST
Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician. He was part of the founding team at Infosys and held several leadership roles with the company including being the CEO and Co-Chairman. In 2009, he moved from Infosys to serve as the Chairman of UIDAI and in the five years there, enrolled about two thirds of the country. He subsequently contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election and post that has moved onto a portfolio of initiatives that includes Ekstep and other philanthropic initiatives, India Stack evangelization and working with start-ups.
In this conversation, he shares his perspectives o...2017-06-0251 min
From Scratch with Jessica HarrisNandan NilekaniInfosys is a leading global information, technology and consulting company with more than 150,000 employees and $7 Billion in revenue. Nandan started Infosys in 1981 in Bangalore, India with 6 colleagues. Nandan then served as the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which through its project Aadhaar is seeking to provide unique identification numbers to close to a billion Indian residents. This biometric ID system aims to revolutionize the distribution of social benefits and financial services. In March, 2014 Nandan resigned from UIDAI to join the Indian National Congress.
Nandan speaks with Jessica Harris about how he helped to...2014-04-2713 min
Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoImagining India: ideas for the new centuryContributor(s): Nandan Nilekani | Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been a key player in India's growth story, argues that the country's future rests on more than simply economic growth. Only a safety net of ideas - from genuinely inclusive democracy to social security, from public health to sustainable energy - will enable the country to continue to grow and support the young people who have become one of its greatest assets.2009-04-221h 22Summer 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfImagining India: ideas for the new centuryContributor(s): Nandan Nilekani | Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been a key player in India's growth story, argues that the country's future rests on more than simply economic growth. Only a safety net of ideas - from genuinely inclusive democracy to social security, from public health to sustainable energy - will enable the country to continue to grow and support the young people who have become one of its greatest assets.2009-04-221h 22