Satya Nadella and Nandan Nilekani Explore the Possibilities of AI & Augmented Reality

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was on his maiden official visit to Bengaluru on Monday where he participated in a discussion organised by Microsoft on the cloud-first, mobile-first world. The India-born Chief was joined by Infosys Co-Founder and former UIDAI Chairman, Nandan Nilekani and the interaction between the two most inventive minds of the IT industry focused on the changes happening in today's technology driven world and how artificial intelligence and augmented reality will be a pivotal driving force in the years to come. Noting Nilekani's work with the AADHAR, Infosys and other projects, Nadella lauded the UID design and the concept of India Stack, stating that the platform brings wide-ranging possibilities for start-ups to build customer-centric products. We were very fortunate that two different governments, of very different political persuasion, both supported the project and it has really accelerated, crossing a billion users in about 5 years," Nilekani replied. We actually thought, how do we layer APIs on it. The initial APIs were for authentication, and then we built a KYC capability to open a bank account/SIM card, and a great example is what Mukesh Ambani has done at Reliance Jio. It was possible only because of AADHAR eKYC, so it's actually a source of competitive advantage. The same technology has saved the government about $5 million by reducing waste."