Conference Overview The Government of India (GoI) has embarked upon an ambitious initiative to provide a Unique Identification to every resident of India and has constituted the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for this purpose. The UIDAI has been created as an attached office under the Planning Commission. Its role is to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue unique identity numbers to Indian residents. The Unique Identity Project seeks to assign a Unique Identity (UID) number to each resident of the country that is nationally portable and remains a permanent identifier right from birth to death. The Aadhaar initiative is mega project with stakeholders from the Central, State, and Local Governments, as well as public and private sector agencies across the country. As UID-linked infrastructure expands over the next five years, there is a possible opportunity of USD 20 billion with the ability to create 350,000 new jobs. From the sixth year, the opportunity could be USD 8-10 billion annually. It is in this context of huge market opportunities thrown open by UID, the Conference is planned at ISB Hyderabad through The Identity Initiative (IDI) in collaboration with Wadhwani Centre of Entrepreneurship Development (WCED). The aim of the conference would be two-fold: To bring out insights on UID through panel discussions between UID team, academicians and the corporate world. To showcase new ideas on the transformative power of UID. Date: October 22, 2011 Venue: Indian School of Business Please click here to Register Organising by