Infosys was going to be a different type of company. It was going to be very ethically run, meritocratic, quality-conscious, transparent. People didn’t confuse the personal with the corporate. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle’s house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you’ll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
It’s because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
My transactions are above board: I do not have money deposited in other accounts and have transparently declared all assets. My real wealth is, however, my experience as cofounder of Infosys and as Aadhar Chairman, which gave away 60,000 crore identity cards to people of India as promised. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP. Nandan Nilekani Read Quote
