A few months ago I finished reading Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani who is synonymous with Infosys.
While approaching the end of this 485 pages of insightful writing by one of Corporate India’s super star poster boys, I was wondering what could be achieved if only we had some people like Nandan guiding India’s future with his innovative ideas articulated in the book while imaging India in his imagination based on facts and latent potential.
Recently the Prime Minister convinced this Padma Bhushan awardee and Infosys co-chairman, who co-founded Infosys in 1981, to offer his services to the government by heading the national unique identity project tasked to give every Indian an ID card. Incidentally, his book contains a brilliant analysis on the utility and cascading effect on governance and service delivery of having an integrated system based on a similar concept.
The massive leakage of resources inherent in our existing corruption laid system of managing and reaching target groups will substantially reduce if not fully disappear once the backbone for ‘smart cards’ is put in place. Elimination of manipulative human interface will change the social profile of the largely deprived section of our population and raise their standard of living to benefit the country as a whole. The political impact will be a windfall for citizens since the ‘politician-babu’ nexus will be unable to abuse a technology based system.
Constitutional and other basic Rights will become power in the hands of the common man embedded in a plastic card!!
Last evening Infosys gave a touching and emotional farewell to Nandan Nilekani enabling him to take up this National duty which indirectly fulfills my wish that was triggered by his excellent book.
We all owe Nandan Nilekani a standing ovation for this wonderful gesture to contribute his skills and knowledge to build a better India.
Cheers to a thumping success in his mission. Long live India.
While approaching the end of this 485 pages of insightful writing by one of Corporate India’s super star poster boys, I was wondering what could be achieved if only we had some people like Nandan guiding India’s future with his innovative ideas articulated in the book while imaging India in his imagination based on facts and latent potential.
Recently the Prime Minister convinced this Padma Bhushan awardee and Infosys co-chairman, who co-founded Infosys in 1981, to offer his services to the government by heading the national unique identity project tasked to give every Indian an ID card. Incidentally, his book contains a brilliant analysis on the utility and cascading effect on governance and service delivery of having an integrated system based on a similar concept.
The massive leakage of resources inherent in our existing corruption laid system of managing and reaching target groups will substantially reduce if not fully disappear once the backbone for ‘smart cards’ is put in place. Elimination of manipulative human interface will change the social profile of the largely deprived section of our population and raise their standard of living to benefit the country as a whole. The political impact will be a windfall for citizens since the ‘politician-babu’ nexus will be unable to abuse a technology based system.
Constitutional and other basic Rights will become power in the hands of the common man embedded in a plastic card!!
Last evening Infosys gave a touching and emotional farewell to Nandan Nilekani enabling him to take up this National duty which indirectly fulfills my wish that was triggered by his excellent book.
We all owe Nandan Nilekani a standing ovation for this wonderful gesture to contribute his skills and knowledge to build a better India.
Cheers to a thumping success in his mission. Long live India.
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