Understanding the India Stack...

The last decade has seen India change exponentially. Besides the economics and the demographics, there are a series of various events which has brought these changes in the country

- Rajesh Nair

We are also in the clear focus of the world and there is no global expansion for any company of large ambitions, to miss out on India. While there are various indicators that have enthralled the world, there is none more than the digital tools introduced, which amount to more amazement. The armory of these tools has given a different flavor to commerce and the results are phenomenal strides in every walk of life. Together these digital enablers are called the India Stack.

If one can take a deep dive into the stack, the name that chimes everywhere is Nandan Nilekani. Nandan is definitely among the most outstanding pillars of the Indian technology foundation, both in the private and public sectors. He was a co-founder of Infosys, one of the world's largest information technology services firms with a market cap of over $75 billion, and served as the Chairman of UIDAI, which developed many of India's worldclass public digital infrastructure initiatives. The forays into Aadhaar, UPI, OCEN, amongst others created what we put in a ‘pride of place' story and the world looks on with respect and envy – the unique capability of having build tools at the population scale.