Mobile phone to authenticate your identity: NilekaniSeptember 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Move over passport and PAN card! Now the mobile phone will be used to verify your credentials, for authentication at banks, gas connection centres or while providing rural jobs, Unique Identification Authority chief Nandan Nilekani said Saturday. "Our project will provide a unique identification (UID) number not a card.
Mobile phone to verify your Indian identity: NilekaniSeptember 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Move over passport and PAN card! Identity authentication at banks, gas connection centres or while providing rural jobs will just be an SMS away, Unique Identification Authority chief Nandan Nilekani said Saturday. "Our project will provide a unique identification (UID) number, not a card.
Infosys, Wipro projects kept on hold, not scrapped: West BengalSeptember 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Wednesday said the IT township project involving giants Infosys and Wipro has only been kept on "hold" and not cancelled. "The state government has not abandoned the township project.
Sonia gets a chance to 'bunk political classes'!September 15th, 2009 MYSORE - Overwhelmed by the sprawling, state-of-the-art campus of IT bellwether Infosys, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday repeatedly said it gave her an opportunity to "bunk political classes" for a little while. Gandhi visited the Infosys Technologies Ltd campus here to inaugurate the Global Education Centre (GEC-II), the latest infrastructural addition to the IT giant meant for training its new recruits.
Infosys looking at overseas acquisitionsAugust 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - IT major Infosys Technologies is looking at acquisitions in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Japan and Australia, a top company official said here Wednesday. "The size of the company should be around $450-500 million," Infosys chief executive and managing director S.
CISF to guard Infosys complex in BangaloreAugust 1st, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies (Infosys) has availed the security cover facilitated by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for its vast complex located in Bangalore. A formal function to herald this service was held at the Infosys campus here on Friday.
Nilekani starts work on unique identity for each IndianJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nandan Nilekani took charge as the chairman of the Unique Identification Database Authority of India Thursday and started work on the government's ambitious project to provide a single identity number and card to each of the country's 1.17 billion people. Nilekani, who met with reporters briefly after assuming office at Yojana Bhavan, the headquarters of the Planning Commission here, said the main task of the authority would be to create a database that will help in issuing unique identity cards.
Nilekani takes over as chief of identity project ThursdayJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Infosys Technologies co-founder Nandan Mohan Nilekani formally takes over as the chairperson of the newly formed Unique Identity Authority at Yojana Bhavan, the headquarters of the Planning Commission, here Thursday. Nilekani, 54, will enjoy the rank of a cabinet minister.
Amartya Sen to chair Infosys Foundation jury for social sciencesJuly 15th, 2009 BANGALORE - Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will chair a five-member jury of the Infosys Science Foundation, set up by IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd, to select winners for its awards in five science disciplines, the company said Wednesday. Sen will chair the jury for social sciences.
Nilekani wants to tap database of oil sector consumersJuly 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nandan Nilekani, who heads the Unique Identification Authority of India, Tuesday approached the petroleum and natural gas ministry to tap into the massive database of oil and cooking gas consumers that covers nearlty half the population. The ministry assured full cooperation to the former Infosys co-chairman.
Unique ID card to end duplicate identity, says NilekaniJuly 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Nandan Nilekani, chairperson of the newly set-up Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) to provide each Indian an identity card, said Monday a major problem at present is duplicate identity in many of the government systems, leading to fraud. The new authority would help end ID card duplication by creating a network of verification and authentication, Nilekani, co-founder of IT major Infosys, told reporters after meeting Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.
Infosys to bid for unique identification card projectJune 26th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies will bid for the ambitious unique identification card project, which a state-run authority would initiate under the chairmanship of its former co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani, a top official of the IT bellwether said Friday.
Nilekani quits Infosys, to head government projectJune 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani, 54, has resigned from the top post and the company board following his appointment as chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by the central government, the IT bellwether announced Thursday.
Infosys' Nilekani terms poll verdict 'decisive'May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani termed the verdict of the 15th Lok Sabha elections 'decisive' Saturday and said it was a signal from people to the government to go for 'bold reforms'.
Infosys eyes US acquisitions; protectionism holding back customersMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies Ltd. expects to find acquisition opportunities in the US during the downturn even as a rise in protectionist sentiment is holding back potential customers, it was reported here Friday.
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