Nandan Nilekani in government panel for e-commerce open network – Times of India

New Delhi: The government on Monday appointed Nandan Nilekani as the chairman of Infosys. national health authority CEO RS Sharma name of cast In the nine-member Advisory Council for Open Networks for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Nilekani and Sharma worked together Unique Identification Authority of India, when the base was taking shape. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade started work on ONDC quality council of india with the project. Some members of the advisory panel were appointed last year.
“ONDC aims to promote open networks developed on an open-source methodology using open specifications and open network protocols independent of any specific platform. Digitization of the entire value chain, standardization of operations from ONDC,” an official statement said. It is expected to promote inclusion of suppliers, achieve efficiencies in logistics and increase value for consumers.
However, the presence of some members in the panel has not gone down well with the e-commerce players. For example, QCI chairman Adil Zainulbhai is on the board Reliance Industries, which is building a massive e-commerce empire.
Similarly, CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal is a vocal critic of foreign players like Amazon and Flipkart. The panel also includes Anjali Bansal, founding chairperson of Avana Capital; Arvind Gupta, co-founder of Digital India Foundation; Dilip Asbe, MD, NPCI; Suresh Sethi, MD, NSDL and Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, Retailers Association of India.

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