Led by the Infosys co-founder, the task force will submit a report, based on which the Centre will act to future-proof NTA exams.

Led by the Infosys co-founder, the task force will submit a report, based on which the Centre will act to future-proof NTA exams.

Led by the Infosys co-founder, the task force will submit a report, based on which the Centre will act to future-proof NTA exams.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appointed Infosys co-founder and billionaire, Nandan Nilekani, to head a high-powered task force in charge of examination reforms.

"People who played with students' futures are already rotting in jails ... But I want to make sure that our test system is trustworthy (in the future)," he said.

He added that the government would then act on the basis of the task force's report to future-proof exams conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

The new task force of domain experts also includes former ISRO chief S. Somnath, former Intelligence Bureau director Tapan Deka, IIT Chennai director V. Kamakoti, former education secretary Anita Karwal, and logistics expert Amrit Lal Meena.

This is the latest move by the Centre, in light of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday calling off its weeks-long protests for accountability in the education sector.

A slew of reforms announced since then include the exit of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi given an additional charge over the education ministry, fast-track courts to punish those involved in the NEET paper leaks, and the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Who is Nandan Nilekani?

The tech leader has been a key figure in the Indian tech space, co-founding Infosys alongside N.R. Narayana Murthy and others, after which he served as the company's CEO from 2002-07.

He was also a key force behind the implementation of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) project under the Manmohan Singh government.

Joining the UIDAI in 2009 at Singh's behest saw Nilekani make a major jump from the corporate space to the government, and implementing the Aadhaar biometric system across India.

The Centre announced in March this year that Aadhaar had become the world's largest biometric identity system, with approximately 134 crore live holders and more than 17,000 crore authentication transactions.

The tech magnate was then brought back to Infosys in 2017 after a boardroom shakeup and the sudden exit of its CEO. Since then, he has been serving as its non-executive chairman.

He even attempted a brief stint in Karnataka politics, contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from the Bengaluru South constituency under a Congress ticket in 2014, which he lost by a huge margin.

Also known as the co-founder of NASSCOM and the Bengaluru chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), Nilekani has also extended his reach into the research field, serving in a number of research bodies like the National Council of Applied Economic Research and the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

Awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's highest civilian honour, in 2006, Nilekani has also won a number of accolades in the business space.

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