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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicNandan Nilekani

Topic: Nandan Nilekani

Donald Trump is on a ‘revolutionary project’— to erode the division of power

Nandan Nilekani is the greatest living Indian after Manmohan Singh, said the Financial Times' chief economics commentator Martin Wolf at the India Policy Forum lecture in New Delhi.

How Modi 3.0 isn’t ready for Nilekani’s ‘four unlocks’ to make India an $8 trillion economy

After backing down on the land acquisition bill in the first term and on farm laws in the second, Modi seems to have lost the appetite for reforms in the third.

AI’s role in shaping India’s future & how spate of exam paper leaks is a sign of deeper problems

Global media on how limited job opportunities drive aspirants to prepare for govt jobs for yrs & sometimes resort to shortcuts. It also reports on Delhiites' efforts to escape the smog.

Tech in US created a narrow elite of billionaires. India’s story is different

In 'Behold the Leviathan', Saurabh Mukherjea and Nandita Rajhansa trace the unusual and unexpected rise of the Indian economy.

AR Rahman to Nandan Nilekani—how ‘outliers’ view failure, uncertainty

Pankaj Mishra's 'Against The Grain' dives deep into the minds of those who dared to defy convention.

Billionaire tech pioneer Nandan Nilekani takes on Amazon, Walmart in India

Nilekani, who is the co-founder of Infosys, is helping govt build an open technology network that seeks to level the playing field for small merchants in India's $1 trillion retail market.

A Harvard project asked Devi Shetty and Nandan Nilekani how Indian innovation works

In ‘Leadership to Last’, the Creating Emerging Markets project interviewed iconic leaders from India like Ratan Tata, Adi Godrej, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Rahul Bajaj on how to create long-lasting impact.

‘Making of Aadhaar’ — new book presents candid, first-hand account of how the ID was created

Ram Sewak Sharma, first director general of UIDAI, has authored 'The Making of Aadhaar: World’s Largest Identity Platform', to be released on 12 September on ThePrint's SoftCover.

Small businessmen will soon get loans based on data, not balance sheets: Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani says under the new system, Account Aggregator, owners will be able to use bank statements, tax returns, home loan repayment records to avail of short-term loans.

Infosys is getting large deals despite whistle-blower ‘distraction’

Customers are supportive, we have proactively reached out & the company has complete focus on the business, Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani says.

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.