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Vol. XI Issue VII - July 2009
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Unique Project for a Billion People in India
By Raju Rao
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
Chennai, India
A project covering a billion people! The Unique ID project announced by the Government of India promises to be just that. An ambitious venture, it is a follow up of an existing project MNIC or Multipurpose National Identity Card - and started by the previous BJP led government. After the recent election the Congress led government has given a renewed impetus to it by appointing Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani who will step down from the board of Infosys Technologies, of which he is co-chairman, on July 9 to take over as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Nilekani wrote a book last year, Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century. The book made a convincing case for using technology to tackle India’s developmental problems. A citizens’ ID project was one of his pet subjects in the book. In his new job, he will have the rank of a cabinet minister, giving him significant autonomy within the government.
The UIDAI provides a permanent ID card with a unique number, photograph and biometric data to every citizen of the country. It will also lay down plans and policies to implement the Unique Identity (UID) card scheme, and own and operate the UID database as well.
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Raju Rao
Raju Rao, PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Chennai, India. Mr. Rao is also principal consultant for Xtraplus Solutions, a PM consulting and training company based in Chennai. Mr. Rao has a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras, India; a Diploma in Management from the University of Bombay; an Advanced PM certificate from Stanford University; and a certificate from IIM Calcutta. Mr. Rao has over 30 years’ experience in engineering, process and project management and has been an active member of PMI for several years. He is currently a member of PMI’s OPM3 2008 Update project, and was a team member for development of several recent PMI standards. A founding member and vice president for the PMI Chennai Chapter, Raju is also a member of the PMI Pharmaceutical SIG, member and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the South India chapter of AACE International, and founder of the Indian Project Management Forum. Raju Rao lives in Chennai, India and can be contacted at rao.raju@gmail.com. Additional information about Mr. Rao can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. |
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