Lets take a moment on how billionaires have publicist who seasonally write profile stories masquerading as news / opinions for years together. A thread 🧵 on @/SarithaRai articles on @/NandanNilekani

After all - If Nandan wants you to read his publicist's piece, why just one?
bbc.com/news/world-asi… 6 June 2012 - Why India's identity scheme is groundbreaking

#AadhaarPR
indianexpress.com/article/opinio… March 11, 2014 - The unfinished makeover of Nandan

🗳️ #ElectionTime PR
financialexpress.com/archive/nandan… - Mar 25 2014 - Nandan Nilekani's Lok Sabha strategy for MPship: 8 power points

More #ElectionTime PR
indianexpress.com/article/busine… July 17, 2015 - Full circle: Corporate, politics to start-ups

Post election - I am coming back interview types
indianexpress.com/article/opinio… August 3, 2015 - Fifth Metro: The retreat of Nandan Nilekani

"He has withdrawn from politics. And thereby hangs a tale."
indianexpress.com/article/busine… September 20, 2015 - With starting corpus of Rs 100 cr, Bengaluru billionaires register media trust - IPSMF launch announced through Sunday Express - before it began its operations.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… - Dec 8, 2016 - Tech Billionaire @NandanNilekani Joins Battle to Map India’s Post-Cash Future

Savior arrived PR on monthiversary of #DemonetisationDisaster
economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/are-… Aug 24, 2017 - Are Infosys founders quietly plotting a board coup to retake company's control?

When board room battles are hard
bloombergquint.com/business/billi… - August 27 2017 Infosys Ex-CEO Nilekani Returns to Steer Troubled Tech Icon

That was a hard week in 2017
economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/info… - Dec 07, 2017 - Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani seeks to reclaim past glory with digital push

Turn around stories - as per market needs
web.archive.org/web/2019110421… - Nov 4, 2019 The Biggest Challenges for India’s Tech Leaders
deccanherald.com/business/busin…
FEB 05 2020 Paytm rolls out new gadgets targeting retailers and merchants --

Why would bloomberg cover PayTM PoS launch? Because Nandan was at launch event.
ndtv.com/india-news/how… April 30, 2020 - How A WhatsApp "Hi" Could End Up Transforming A $1 Trillion Industry

The more interesting piece of the story - On Jio/FB deal. This was also time 'ONDC' pivot was cemented.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/star… Jun 23, 2020 - Billionaires, startups team up to fix broken Indian health care
livemint.com/politics/polic… India aims to open finance to millions with user-data system

#AccountAggregator PR

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