The country needs more good people from all fields including the corporate world, he said, adding politics is an instrument of change.
Nilekani had recently met KPCC chief G Parameshwara, who said the IT czar had shown interest in contesting from Bangalore South on a party ticket.
Rules stipulated that ticket seekers should serve in the party for three years but it could be relaxed by the party high command, Parameshwara had said.
Asked about the participatory democracy being practised by the Aam Aadmi Party, whose dream debut in Delhi Assembly polls is making waves in politics, Nilekani said, "We need to make democracy interactive and participatory."
However, at the same time, Nilekani said he did not believe that issues such as Kashmir should be discussed through an SMS poll.
