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Nandan Nilekani

Indian,  Politician
Total Quotes : 22
Will Needs Hard Working

Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.

- Nandan Nilekani

Congress Come Ideological

Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.

- Nandan Nilekani

Politics Month Based

I don't decide my politics based on the flavour of the month.

- Nandan Nilekani

Politics Play Needs

Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.

- Nandan Nilekani

Politics Better Lives

I'm in politics to make the lives of millions of Indians better.

- Nandan Nilekani

Money Politics I Am

I am not in politics to make more money.

- Nandan Nilekani

Going Very Different Type

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

Politics Think I Think

I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

- Nandan Nilekani

Way Made Mr

I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.

- Nandan Nilekani

Think Mine Allow

I think the ideology of the Congress is closest to mine. Congress is a party where I should be. I have joined politics to bring change in society. The Congress gave me a chance with the Aadhaar project. It's a party that will allow me to bring change.

- Nandan Nilekani

Public Took Nonstop

We took Infosys public. That was a nonstop three-week global roadshow.

- Nandan Nilekani

New Villages Cities

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

Education Private Very

Indian higher education is completely regulated. It's very difficult to start a private university. It's very difficult for a foreign university to come to India. As a result of that, our higher education is simply not keeping pace with India's demands. That is leading to a lot of problems which we need to address.

- Nandan Nilekani

Bad India Entrepreneurs

When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.

- Nandan Nilekani

Proud Wealth Fact

I am proud of the fact that my wealth is completely transparent.

- Nandan Nilekani

Ideas Ideology Policies

Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions.

- Nandan Nilekani

Loan Some Very

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

Feet Away Very

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

Efficiency Putting Large

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.

- Nandan Nilekani

Away Other However

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