'Legend in Leadership Award' by the Yale University in November 2009. He is the first Indian to receive the top honour. In January 2006, Nilekani became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board. Nilekani was awarded one of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Bhushan, in 2006. Also in 2006, he was named Businessman of the Year by Forbes Asia. India Today magazine ranked him 12th in India's 50 most powerful people of 2017 list. In 2017 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from E & Y. CNBC- TV 18 conferred India Business leader award for outstanding contributor to the Indian Economy-2017. He received the 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic & Business Innovation 2017. Awarded Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by IIT Bombay during the Institute's 57th Convocation, in 2019. Biography References External links About Nandan Mohan Nilekani Living people Businesspeople from Bangalore Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering Indian billionaires 1955 births IIT Bombay alumni Bishop Cotton Boys' School alumni Infosys people Indian National Congress politicians Giving Pledgers 21st-century philanthropists Winners of the Nikkei Asia Prize