Neelkanth Mishra, of Axis Bank, appointed as the UIDAI's part-time chairman

22 Aug 2023 , 01:18 PM

According to news reports, the Union government has nominated Neelkanth Mishra to serve as the temporary head of UIDAI, the nodal organization in charge of providing Aadhaar numbers. He is the Head of Global Research at Axis Capital and the Chief Economist at Axis Bank.

According to Bloomberg, two individuals have been named as part-time UIDAI members: Prof. Mausam, an associate professor in the department of computer science at IIT Delhi, and Nilesh Shah, the managing director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited.

The three appointments are for a three-year term or until the age of 65, whichever comes first.

According to the information on LinkedIn, he received his degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. According to a Money control report, he has served as an advisor to numerous government committees and was a member of the 15th finance commission’s economic advisory council.

Additionally, according to the study, he has been a steadfast supporter of the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) programs.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory body established on July 12, 2016, by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in accordance with the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits, and Services) Act, 2016 (Aadhaar Act 2016).

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was established to provide ‘Aadhaar’ UIDs to all Indian citizens. A Chairperson, two part-time Members, and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who also serves as the Authority’s Member-Secretary, make up the authority.

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