Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani in an interview with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said that his defining moments were when he became a young rebel to join IIT Bombay and the day he met Narayana Murthy for the first time.

In 1978, a chance meeting between Nandan Nilekani and Narayana Murthy at Patni Computer Systems in Pune laid the foundation for Infosys. Nilekani, a f

Nilekani, fresh out of IIT Bombay with a degree in electrical engineering, stumbled upon Patni while searching for direction after missing his graduate school entrance exam due to illness.

He was ambitious. He set great goals. I would have done anything. If he asked me to jump off the cliff, I would have jumped off the cliff. It was a great experience working with him,” Nilekani said

Mr Nilekani added that he never initially aimed to build a global IT powerhouse or spearhead groundbreaking public tech initiatives.

Nilekani described himself as an "accidental entrepreneur" and recalled the job interview he gave to Narayana Murthy in 1978 as a fresh graduate.

Nandan Nilekani reflects on his pivotal first encounter with Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, revealing how a rebellious choice in education and an unconventional job interview shaped his remarkable journey in India's IT revolution.

Nandan Nilekani's career took shape in 1978, when he met Narayana Murthy at Patni Computers. The encounter, which started as a job interview, laid the foundation for Nilekani's role as a co-founder of Infosys.

Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder, transformed a one-page government directive into Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric ID system, serving over 1.3 billion people. His leadership united technologists and bureaucrats,