In Conversation With Nandan Nilekani Part-2




Kamla Bhatt Show show

Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/NandanNilekani-150x150.jpg)In Part-2 of the interview Nandan Nilekani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandan_Nilekani) talks the changing dynamics of Indian political landscape, especially in the federal-state relationship. What can India learn from China? What is needed for India to move forward? What is missing? These were some of the questions he answered. In case you missed, you can listen to Part-1 (http://bit.ly/7y1Mb8ttp://) of the conversation, where Nandan talks about his appearance in Jon Stewart's show, his book Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation (http://bit.ly/7QRTr0), and the challenges facing a new and emerging India. Nandan is co-founder  and former CEO of Infosys (http://www.infosys.com/), an Indian IT powerhouse that was founded during India's famous "License Raj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_Raj)," phase. Thomas Friedman (http://bit.ly/4Le0J0) in his book credits Nandan for coining that famous phrase, which became the title of  his book: The World Is Flat. Currently, Nandan heads the Unique Identification Authority of India (http://uidai.gov.in/). He was appointed to this position by Indian Prime Minister  Singh in June 2009. Here is a video clip interview with Nandan (http://bit.ly/Ir48yx ). In case, you missed here is the link to Part-1 (http://bit.ly/JpKy4o ) of our interview with Nandan. Photo credit: World Economic Forum.