UID project gets volunteers from IT firms

The government’s unique identification (UID) project has received support from the IT-BPO industry body Nasscom, with some member companies sending IT professionals for bringing in innovation.

“We had requested Nasscom to send IT professionals on sabbatical from member firms who are willing to take part in the UID project. The project is massive and one of its kind in the world, and it would be nice to have innovation from the IT talent in India,” Nandan Nilekani, chairman of UID authority of India, said at the Nasscom summit in India.

“We received a request from UIDAI about a month ago. The request was first forwarded to about 100 IT firms in India. Subsequently, we sent the request to all the 1,300 Nasscom members. In fact, the first two resumes we got were from a little known IT firm in Kerala. We have sent 15 resumes to UIDAI chairman,” Nasscom president Som Mittal said.