By: Keerthi Mohan
Multi-billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is impressed with India’s Aadhaar technology and he has funded the World Bank to take the technology to other countries. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes the technology is “worth emulating,” and Bill recently confirmed to Indian news agency PTI that Nandan Nilekani, considered the chief architect of the Aadhaar, has been helping the World Bank with the technology. “The benefits of that (Aadhaar) are very high,” Bill said. “Yes, other countries should adopt the approach (of Aadhaar) because the quality of governance has a lot to do with how quickly countries are able to…
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