Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3

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Released

September 14, 2024

Duration

1h 6m

Channel

Nikhil Kamath

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

India today is a different India, when compared to 10 years ago. A lot of it has to do with The India Stack Journey (a set of open API's & digital public goods). Interesting to note how opportunity to serve at population scale is the theme of these innovations. In this episode of People by WTF, we sat with Nandan Nilekani to understand the trajectory of building this advanced Digital Public Infrastructure in India, which has made a significant impact in each of our day to day lives. Time stamps - 00:00 - Introduction 02:40 - India Stack 03:25- Journey of Infosys 06:24 - Imagining India - Digitising the Future 08:15 - Nandan on meeting Rohini 09:40 - Journey of India Stack: Aadhar 13:11 - DPI - Digital Public Infrastructure 15:07 - Online Authentication & KYC 17:15 - Jan Dhan Program 19:00 - E- sign/ Digilocker 20:40 - 2016 - a big digital transformation for India 22:36 - BHIM - Ease of Payments 26:49 - How has UPI changed India’s ecosystem? 30:00 - Nandan on vision with Population Scale 32:50 - Account Aggregation 37:40 - Fast TAG & broad benefits of UPI 40:10 - What should a 25 y/o build on top of India Stack? 42:50 - What is Fee Day & Beckn Protocol? 46:00 - Namma Yatri - Something built on top of Beckn 49:10 - Nandan on Artificial Intelligence 55:40 - What is Finternet? 1:01:20 - Rapid Fire With Nandan 1:04:00 - Advice to 20 y/o with funding Reading Resources for more information - https://nksqr.notion.site/Additional-Resources-Nikhil-Kamath-x-Nandan-Nilekani-People-by-WTF-Ep-3-101a9e22882a80dea449edf52c8c1676 #NikhilKamath - Co-founder of Zerodha, True Beacon and Gruhas Twitter: [https://www.twitter.com/nikhilkamathcio] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkamathcio Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nikhilkamathcio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikhilkamathcio #NandanNilekani - Co-founder of Infosys, Ex-Chairman of UIDAI Twitter - https://x.com/nandannilekani Disclaimer: A graphic in this video contains an incorrect representation of India's map. This was a mistake on our part. We are implementing measures to prevent such occurrences in the future. We are committed to accurate representation in all our content. #nikhilkamath #WTFiswithNikhilKamath #PeoplebyWTF

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Nandan Nilekani

  guest

• Nikhil Kamath

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Nikhil Kamath, featuring Nandan Nilekani and Nikhil Kamath, Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 explores nandan Nilekani explains India Stack, UPI, and startup opportunities today Nikhil Kamath interviews Nandan Nilekani on the origins and evolution of India Stack—starting with Aadhaar as a digital-first unique ID and expanding into eKYC, eSign, DigiLocker, and UPI as open API “public rails” for private innovation.

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