Nandan Nilekani – David Kotz

I just finished reading Nandan Nilekani’s new book, Imagining India. It is a wonderful look at the state of India, and how it got here, but more importantly it is an optimistic look forward at where India can go.

Nilekani is most famous as the co-founder of Infosys, the IT juggernaut that arguably led India’s outsourcing boom. He is also known as the man who inspired Tom Friedman with the idea that the World is Flat. I was honored to meet him at a conference in January, and was able to get my copy of the book autographed. Read on for a summary.