Nandan M. Nilekani
Nandan M. Nilekani has been the CEO of Infosys Technologies since March 2002. Prior to that, he was the COO and has served as a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981.
Nandan became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the prestigious World Economic Forum Foundation Board.
He is listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, 2006. Nandan received the Fortune's 'Asia's Businessman of the Year 2003' award and named among the 'World's most respected business leaders' in 2002 and 2003, in a global survey by Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2005, Nandan was awarded the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in field of economy, economic sciences and politics.
Nandan is the Vice-Chairman of The Conference Board, a member of ASPEN Institute's Business and Society Advisory Board and serves on the London Business School's Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board.
In 2006, Nandan was conferred the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian honors awarded by the Government of India.