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Data should be made available to improve standard of living: Nandan Nilekani

Former Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani makes a strong pitch for democratising data so that it is available to everybody and not just a few organisations. In an exclusive chat, Shereen Bhan caught up with him and began by asking if he believes that India will be data rich before it becomes economically rich and that the implications that it bears for everyone.

first published: Jul 26, 2017 08:55 am

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