00:001.4 billion people on Aadhaar, 500 billion people on UPI, 20 billion transactions a month.
00:05From Infosys to Aadhaar, staying away from the spotlight,
00:08this man has quietly helped build some of India's greatest products.
00:12It doesn't take much searching to see his impact.
00:18Nandan Nilekani's journey began at IIT Bombay,
00:20where he studied electrical engineering before entering India's nascent software industry.
00:24In 1981, he co-founded Infosys, helping build one of India's first global software companies.
00:322 decades later, in 2009, he turned to public systems and became the founding chairman of UIDAI.
00:46Soon, Aadhaar was born, and over a billion people had a biometric digital identity.
00:51Nandan then used the same roadmap to help build EKYC, eSign and DigiLocker.
00:55With Aadhaar, identity verification became instant.
00:58More verified individuals meant more bank accounts.
01:00And more bank accounts created a larger base for digital payments.
01:03In 2016, when the MPCI launched UPI, it was able to build on this expanding base of newly onboarded customers.
01:13Over time, this architecture of public digital rails came to be known as India Stack,
01:18and it is now powering a generation of startups.
01:20Aadhaar made identity verification instant.
01:22UPI created low-cost, interoperable payment rails.
01:25That meant companies like PhonePay and Razorpay did not have to build their own infrastructure.
01:29Digital lenders could approve loans faster.
01:32Instead of building the rails, startups could focus on scaling on top of them.
01:35During an interview at the India AI Summit,
01:37Nandan's views on making AI accessible across India resonated widely online.
01:42How can we take a billion people and help them to learn better?
01:46How can we take a billion people and give them better healthcare?
01:49Long.
01:49After Mobiu gehen on top of the kingdom,
01:50Hey!
01:50What does this mean to you?
01:50Lone,
01:52what if you canications take them from above?
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