The Aadhaar Effect: Why the World’s Largest Identity Project Matters

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Identification vs profiling; state welfare vs state surveillance; privacy vs transparency—Aadhaar has bitterly polarized India since its launch in 2010. No other project has captured the imagination of the people—or inspired such awe and anxiety—in recent memory. Aadhaar began life with a singular mandate: offer an identity to those Indian residents who didn’t have any. Along the way, it evolved into the welfare state’s flagship technology and altered forever how government, business, and society interact. The Aadhaar Effect is the story of the visionaries—bureaucrats, technologists, activists—who created or challenged India’s biggest juggernaut. It is equally the story of humans conflicted about complex choices that may make the world a better place. Polestar award winners N.S. Ramnath and Charles Assisi dive deep into the 12-digit number that has touched 1.2 billion lives and counting—and in the bargain, made the world sit up and take note of India’s ambition.

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4.3
6 reviews
Avinash Mangipudi
November 2, 2018
There are some projects done on a scale that grand that they impact not only a country but have a potential to impact many countries. For any project that is so big it is but unavoidable that it attracts lot of views and narratives and critiques, each of those bringing in more visibility to the effects it brings to the world. What went right inside this grand project and how it can be useful to not only the world but each individual or corporate who wants to leverage the benefits of technology to cause public good is explained in this book. This book is a thought initiator and a startup accelerator for reaching out to the 6 billions of the world where some are only focusing on the 1st billion. All the above aspects are well covered in this short and sweet book and is a must read for every educated person of the "third world countries".
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