In 2017, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from E & Y. He won The Economist Social & Economic Innovation Award for his leadership of India’s Unique Identification initiative (Aadhaar). Foreign Policy magazine listed him as one of the Top 100 Global thinkers in 2010.
Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 & 2009. He was also named Businessman of the year by Forbes Asia. In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. In 2005 he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics. Fortune Magazine conferred him with “Asia’s Businessman of the year 2003”. He was the Founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank of a Cabinet Minister from 2009- 2014.īorn in Bengaluru, Nilekani received his Bachelor’s degree from IIT, Bombay. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited. Is the Co-Founder and Chairperson of EkStep Foundation.
