Quotes by Nandan Nilekani

“Talent acquisition, transformation and management are critical anchors for the growth of the industry.”

“We have developed systems for hiring, training and retaining employees like an elaborate science.”

“Going forward, we expect revenues to cross the two billion dollars mark at 2.14 billion dollars by March 2006.”

“The volumes growth story is on track, with demand strong from the financial services, retail, aerospace and insurance sectors,”

“It took us the whole of fiscal 2004 to reach a revenue of $1bn. We reached the same level in the first six months of this year.”

“This deal is a tipping point for Indian IT, ... It shows Indian IT companies are on a level footing with larger global competitors.”

“I scribbled four words down in my notebook: The world is flat.”

“Expatriates are returning because India is hot. There is an increasing feeling that significant action in the technology industry is moving to India.”

“In the last couple of years, companies have taken security issues very seriously. We will redouble our efforts now.”

“Ever since the India-Pakistan conflict, our customers have asked for enhanced security.”

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncles house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.

When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.