Composition of UIDAI Authority
Sh. Neelkanth Mishra, Chairperson (Part-time)
Neelkanth Mishra is Chief Economist, Axis Bank. He is also the Head of Global Research and a Whole Time Director of Axis Capital. He has been consistently rated the best analyst in India in investor polls over the years. A highly respected expert and media columnist on global and Indian macroeconomic trends, he joined Axis in May 2023 after a long and distinguished two-decade career at Credit Suisse, where he was Co-Head of Asia Pacific Strategy and the India Strategist. He is a part-time member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council as well as part-time Chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar). He has also advised government bodies like the India Semiconductor Mission and the 15th Finance Commission. He is a member of the CII’s Economic Affairs Council, and a frequent presenter to corporate boards. He has also worked at HUL and Infosys. He is a gold-medalist and Distinguished Alumnus Awardee from IIT-Kanpur, and was ranked fourth in the entrance exam to the IITs.
Prof. Mausam, Member (Part-time)
Prof. Mausam is a Professor of Computer Science Department at IIT Delhi, and an affiliate faculty member at University of Washington, Seattle. He is the founding head of Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Delhi. His research explores several threads in artificial intelligence, including scaling probabilistic planning algorithms, large-scale information extraction over the Web, and enabling complex computation over crowd sourced platforms.
Sh. Nilesh Shah, Member (Part-time)
Nilesh Shah is currently Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited. He is part time member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). He has worked in Leadership positions with Axis Bank Group, ICICI Bank Group and Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund covering Investment Banking and Investment Management across Debt, Equity and Real Estate for Local and Global Investors over more than three decades. He is a Gold Medalist Chartered Accountant and a Merit ranked Cost Accountant.
Sh. Vivek Chandra Verma, CEO
Sh. Vivek Chandra Verma is a 1991 batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) under Ministry of Defence. He joined UIDAI in May 2022 as a Deputy Director General (DDG). He assumed the additional charge of CEO, UIDAI on 23rd April 2026. As a DDG in UIDAI, he has overseen various functions within UIDAI namely, Technology Management, Aadhaar Usage, Administration, Human Resource and Media.
Prior to joining UIDAI, Sh. Verma had held several senior administrative positions in the Government of India. Some of the key roles played by him during his distinguished career include Director of Finance at Munitions India Ltd, Secretary at Ordnance Factory Board, and Joint General Manager at Ordnance Factory, Ministry of Defence. Sh. Verma holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and master’s degree in Design Engineering.
