Nandan Nilekani

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2024 by Nandan Nilekani · said 30 times in 7 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nikhil Kamath (13), Rajesh Magow (10), Ruchir Sharma (5), Dr. Jayanthi (1), Bill Gates (1)

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2026 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode

Why A 25-Year-Old Should Build A Hotel, Not An App | MakeMyTrip x Taj | WTF is Travel? Sep 9, 2026 · 10 mentions · from 2:26:45
17 Young Founders | 8 Startups | 20 Lakh Grants | Third WTFund Cohort · Nikhil Kamath Jan 28, 2026 · 1 mention · from 13:13
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2025 11 mentions in 1 episode

India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath Sep 3, 2025 · 11 mentions · from 3:10
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2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

Nikhil Kamath x Bill Gates | People by WTF | Ep. #1 · Nikhil Kamath Jun 14, 2024 · 1 mention · from 16:10
Ep# 15 | WTF is Climate Change? Nikhil ft. Sunita, Bhumi, Navroz and Mirik · Nikhil Kamath Feb 8, 2024 · 1 mention · from 14:02
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2023 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode

Ep# 12 | WTF is The Restaurant Game? Nikhil w/ Pooja Dhingra, Zorawar Kalra & Riyaaz Amlani · Nikhil Kamath Oct 28, 2023 · 5 mentions · from 2:21:10
Ep #7 | Who is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Really? And WTF is Biotech? · Nikhil Kamath Jul 23, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:14:07
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Sep 14, 2024

Assertion Supported

Nilekani: Indian government asked for unique ID, not digital ID

“No, the government asked me to build a unique ID. There was no digital in it. I made it digital.”

Nandan Nilekani Sep 14, 2024 ▶ 9:52 Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 · Nikhil Kamath

Sep 14, 2024

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Nilekani: Aadhaar reached 600M enrollments before I stepped down

“I was in the government for about four and a half years, and I had made a commitment that I would deliver six hundred million people with Aadhaar by the time I quit, and I did that. So when I stepped down, I had, you know, six hundred million people had an ID,…”

Nandan Nilekani Sep 14, 2024 ▶ 14:39 Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 · Nikhil Kamath

Sep 14, 2024 neutral

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Nilekani: I designed India's FASTag vehicle ID system in 2010

“Which happened was the fast tag system. Which I had designed in 2010. And that was to give everybody a, every vehicle an ID.”

Nandan Nilekani Sep 14, 2024 ▶ 37:43 Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 · Nikhil Kamath

Sep 14, 2024 neutral

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Nilekani: My AI investments including AI4Bharat are mostly philanthropic

“Most of this is philanthropic. I mean, I fund AI for Bharat at IIT Madras. They're mostly philanthropic.”

Nandan Nilekani Sep 14, 2024 ▶ 55:01 Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 · Nikhil Kamath

Sep 14, 2024 positive

Assertion Supported

Nilekani: Jar processes 22 micro-savings transactions per month per user

“They do 22 transactions per month per user.”

Nandan Nilekani Sep 14, 2024 ▶ 42:33 Nikhil Kamath x Nandan Nilekani | People by WTF | Ep #3 · Nikhil Kamath

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