Healthcare to benefit from digital transformation: Nilekani

Bengaluru, Jan 29 : Global IT major Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Friday said healthcare would one of the big sectors that would benefit from digital transformation.
“Besides healthcare, education, retail and logistics are other big sectors that will benefit from digital technology,” he said in the first annual lecture organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), through virtual platform.
Admitting that solving complexities of the country required diverse skills and experiences, Nilekani called for local strategy and partnerships on priority.
“To bring policy changes, stakeholders should have facts to demonstrate through data a positive network effect on society,” he said.
Referring to the lecture’s theme on “playing a role in policy, my experiences”, Nilekani said policy was all about how to make the country better, create more jobs and better future for the young.
“Policy is something which has positive externalities,” he pointed out.