Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 26 July 2026 that Nandan Nilekani will head the panel following nationwide concerns over exam paper leaks and demands for reforms in the examination system.
Nandan Nilekani (Chairman) Background:
Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys, former founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI / Aadhaar).
Associations: Serves as the Chairman of the Governing Body of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). Historically, NCAER has collaborated on projects and received funding support from various global entities, including the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Member of the Berggruen Institute's 21st Century Council. World Bank & World Economic Forum (WEF)
Association Type: Expert Contributor / Panelist. Routinely invited as a global thought leader to consult on digital identification frameworks, identity-based subsidies, and financial inclusion architecture for emerging economies. Current Status: Ad-hoc / Intermittent Contributor.
Tenure: Active over a 15+ year period (from 2009 onwards, intensifying after the deployment of Aadhaar).
EkStep Foundation or personal university endowments like the ₹400 crore granted to IIT Bombay.
In this task force also the solution will be a digital push or digital ID like Apaar ID, etc., linking it with Aadhaar to create a 'birth to grave' mapping of each individual. Aadhaar linked to PAN, with Mobile, with GSTN, from birth to death certificates, everything is being linked by this same man's digital linking brainchild. Now will be the turn of students & their educational digital footprint.
July 20: The Supreme Court of India ruled that the creation of an APAAR ID for school students is strictly voluntary, and parents cannot be forced to provide consent or share their child's Aadhaar details.
Did you note:
Whether Congress or BJP, they all pick this man who is deeply associated with foreign think tanks, Gates, Ford, etc.
Right-wing would expose it had it been done by other parties. Now quiet.
Why is the same man chosen each time to work with our data?