Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat, and politician. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-chairs of the board, on 24 August 2017.

Nandan Nilekani is the cofounder of tech giant Infosys and its non-executive chairman since August 2017.

Nilekani, who left Infosys in 2009, was brought back in 2017 after a boardroom shakeup at the company and the sudden departure of its CEO.

Nilekani is credited with building Aadhar, India’s mammoth identity card scheme, while chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.

The tech magnate, who still has shares in Infosys, has backed Fundamentum, a $100 million venture capital fund aimed at technology companies.

He and wife Rohini signed the Giving Pledge in November 2017.