Nandan Nilekani heads the task force

Jul 29, 2026

12:16 pm

What's the storyV Kamakoti, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras, has found himself in the middle of a political storm after he was named a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high-powered task force on exam reform.

The panel is headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and also includes former ISRO chairman S Somnath, former Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Deka, former education secretary Anita Karwal, and logistics expert Amrit Lal Meena.