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Nandan Nilekani needs no introduction. He is among those who created a strong foundation for the $194-billion Indian information technology services industry and, moreover, has been aptly hailed as the technocrat who sowed the seeds of several path-breaking initiatives for Digital India.
The BS Jury’s decision to confer on him the Lifetime Achievement Award was an apt one.
Nilekani’s biggest trait has been that of a problem-solver. N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, who brought Nilekani to Infosys, had said in an interview a few years ago that his strength was simplifying complex ideas.
Murthy had made the comment
