CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Saurabh Garg is the Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Garg is an IAS officer of Odisha Cadre and has over 30 years of experience at different levels of Government - District, State and the Central Government as well as in the Private Sector. He has also worked as Adviser with the World Bank in the office of the Executive Director for India in Washington DC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Composition of the Authority The two positions of Member (part-time) are vacant. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sh Saurabh Garg (1991, Odisha cadre), is the legal representative and administrative head of the Authority.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 23 June Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder of Infosys, was appointed by the then-government, UPA, to head the project. He was given the newly created position of Chairman of the UIDAI, which was equivalent in rank to a Cabinet minister. In April 2010 the logo and the brand name Aadhaar was launched by Nilekani.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Infosys and the non-executive chairman of Infosys. He left Infosys in July 2009 to serve as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).