Nandan Nilekani

Diffusion of AI necessary to avoid 'backlash', says Nandan Nilekani

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit alongside Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei, Nilekani said the bigger challenge lies in ensuring the "diffusion" of technology

Real challenge lies in execution of AI: Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani

At Infosys' Investor AI Day, Nandan Nilekani said AI's opportunity is larger than ever but enterprises face an execution gap, needing legacy overhaul, workforce reskilling and new operating models

AI to reshape tech careers, coding won't stay core: Nandan Nilekani

Artifical Intelligence is rewriting the grammar of software development. And writing codes will no longer be the central role for tech professionals, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said Tuesday. AI, he said, is being adopted faster than any previous technological transition, from the internet to smartphones, and is poised to fundamentally reshape how businesses operate. "Talent will have to deal with a world where writing code will not be the goal. It'll actually be making AI work, orchestration, and those kinds of things," Nilekani said at Infosys' Investor Day. "Customer journeys, operating models, and mental models all have to change. Every enterprise must rethink how it operates." While coding may end, new jobs will be created. The talent transformation is huge, he said adding there will be a need for AI engineers, forward deployment engineers, forensic analysts - roles that didn't exist a few years ago. Greenfield coding productivity is not the real challenge. The real w

Aadhaar emerges as poster child for Starmer's upcoming UK digital ID plan

Last week, Starmer was visiting India and met with Aadhaar's architect, Nandan Nilekani - who is also the non-executive chairman of the IT services giant Infosys Ltd

India to lead in frugal engineering, AI to resolve real issues: Nilekani

Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani says India will be the hub for applying AI and frugal engineering, citing Aadhaar, UPI and small language models as key to mass-scale adoption

India's ambitious energy stack takes shape, but faces legacy hurdles

The core of the India Energy Stack is to make energy pay for itself by a constant exchange of data between governments, the private sector, and consumers, but chronic problems of bad pricing remain

Nandan Nilekani commits second multi-year grant to AI4Bharat at IIT Madras

Nandan Nilekani backs AI4Bharat's mission to build open-source AI infrastructure for Indian languages, advancing digital inclusion through language accessibility

Don't lose sleep over DeepSeek, says Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani

Speaking at the Carnegie Global Technology Summit 2025, Nilekani said that owing to the quick mass adoption of AI in India, developments in the technology will also be much faster

India's tech growth to enable faster AI adoption: Nandan Nilekani

He also stressed the need to change habits and workflows in enterprises and government to effectively integrate AI

Nandan Nilekani's master key to help unlock India's $8 trillion future

Nilekani believes the combination of AI, smartphones will help unlock digital access, but challenges like income disparity remain; Nilekani's 'The Great Unlock' aims to overcome these barriers

Nandan Nilekani's 4 tips for India's economy to hit $8 trn mark by 2035

Outlining key factors for India's economic expansion, Nilekani spoke about the necessary "Big Unlocks" required to accelerate the country's growth rate from 6 per cent to 8 per cent

AI will play a huge role in financial inclusion, says Nandan Nilekani

He also added that all the building blocks of digitisation in India have been created in a way that promotes financial inclusion

AppsForBharat raises $18 mn in series B funding from Nilekani's Fundamentum

Founded in November 2020 by Prashant Sachan, AppsForBharat operates the devotion platform Sri Mandir

'Finternet' the future of financing systems, says Nandan Nilekani

According to Nilekani, Finternet will be user-centric, unified, which means it will cover all types of assets, with a universal infrastructure

Bimal Jalan to Raghuram Rajan: 10 key lateral entries in govt before 2014

In a letter to the UPSC, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly believes that the lateral entry process should uphold the principles of equity and social justice

Infosys is working on over 225 GenAI programs for its clients: Nilekani

Infosys has integrated GenAI components into all its service lines and developed 25 playbooks to create impact for its clients, Nilekani said

Here's why India should look back 300 years to learn a lesson in AI

This is just the beginning. As generative AI morphs into artificial general intelligence - machines rivaling human cognitive abilities - even highly complex tasks may not require expert programmers

Some clarity on GenAI is beginning to emerge now: Nandan Nilekani

The real power of AI, Nilekani said, will come from configuring all the different models and tools to get the best solutions

India aiming for AI accessibility to all, says Infosys' Nandan Nilekani

Taking a swipe at AI alarmists and monopolistic tendencies, the co-founder and chairman of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani dismissed doomsday predictions as 'protectionist rhetoric'

Nilekani-backed people+ai unveils Adbhut India, a vision for AI in India

The people+ai initiative focuses on discovering, demonstrating, and disseminating population-scale AI use cases for India