N.R. Narayana Murthy
Born	August 20, 1946 (1946-08-20) (age 61) Karnataka, India
Occupation	Non Executive Chairman & Chief Mentor of Infosys
Salary	$50,000 USD (Infosys)
Net worth	$1.8 billion USD (2007)[1]

N.R. Narayana Murthy (Kannada: ಎನ್. ಆರ್. ನಾರಾಯಣಮೂರ್ತಿ) is an Indian industrialist, software engineer and one of the 7 founders of Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India. is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Infosys Technologies Limited (BSE: 500209, NASDAQ: INFY) is a multinational information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. ... “USD” redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “Kannada” redirects here. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) (incorporated in 1992, in operation since 1981) is an India based global IT Services, IT Solutions and Technology Servicesminor. ...

Life

Born into a Kannada Madhva Brahmin family in Mysore, India on August 20, 1946, he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore in 1967 after attending government school, and received his master's degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969. This page deals with the Hindu varnas. ... , For other uses, see Mysore (disambiguation). ... is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is one of the Premier Engineering Institutes of the South Asia. ... Crawford Hall, where the Mysore Universitys Vice-Chancellors office is located University of Mysore is a public university in India. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) is one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, set up in the (then) industrial city of Kanpur in 1960. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

His first job was at IIM Ahmedabad as chief systems programmer ^[2] where he worked on a time-sharing system and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for ECIL (Electronics Corporation of India Limited). IIM Ahmedabad // Overview IIM Ahmedabad, also known as IIMA, was the first of the string of IIMs to be established in India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the programming language. ...

After IIM Ahmedabad, he then joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune. Before moving to Mumbai, Murthy met his wife Sudha Murthy in Pune who at the time was an engineer working at Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd. (Telco, now known as Tata Motors) in Pune. In 1981, he founded Infosys with six other software professionals. He served as president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies, India from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Murthy is the brother-in-law of serial entrepreneur Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande and the uncle of former NASSCOM Chairman and MphasiS chief Jerry Rao. IIM Ahmedabad // Overview IIM Ahmedabad, also known as IIMA, was the first of the string of IIMs to be established in India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... , Pune (IPA: , Marathi: पुणे) is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Sudha Murty (born 1950, Karnataka, India) is an Indian social worker. ... Background Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company), is Indias largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce that serves as an interface to the Indian Software Industry and Indian BPO Industry NASSCOM’s member companies are in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce that serves as an interface to the Indian Software Industry and Indian BPO Industry NASSCOM’s member companies are in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. ... MphasiS is a leading IT and BPO services company, originating in India. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

In 2007, some Indians criticized Murthy as unpatriotic when, during a visit from Indian president Abdul Kalam, he arranged for instrumental versions of the national anthem instead of sung versions, saying in a press statement that he did not want to embarrass foreign visitors.^[3] Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: ) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred to as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ^) was the twelfth President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. ...

Corporate Profile

Murthy served as the founder CEO of Infosys for twenty years, and was succeeded by co-founder Nandan Nilekani in March 2002. He is the chairman of the governing body of both the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD, Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Cornell University Board of Trustees, Singapore Management University Board of Trustees and the Board of Advisors for the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business. Mr. Murthy also sits on the Board of Governors of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), a graduate school of business located in the Philippines. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Nandan Nilekani is the President of Infosys Technologies Ltd. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, abbreviated to iiit-b, is one of the new generation premier Graduate schools in India offering M.Tech. ... IIM Ahmedabad, also known as IIMA, was the first of the string of IIMs to be established in India. ... INSEAD is a graduate business school and research institution with campuses in Fontainebleau (near Paris), France and in Singapore. ... The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn[3][4]) is a private, coeducational research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a business school at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. The school was founded by Joseph Wharton, who also was one of the founders of Swarthmore College (founded in 1864), in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the United States. ... “Cornell” redirects here. ... The Singapore Management University (Abbreviation: SMU; Chinese: 新加坡管理大学; Malay: Universiti Pengurusan Singapura) was officially incorporated on January 12, 2000, and holds the unique position of being Singapores first private university funded by the government. ... The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. ...

He is also a member of the Advisory Boards and Councils of various well-known universities – such as the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Corporate Governance initiative at the Harvard Business School, Yale University and the University of Tokyo’s President's Council. Stanford may refer: Stanford University Places: Stanford, Kentucky Stanford, California, home of Stanford University Stanford Shopping Center Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ... The place of the establishment of the University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo ), abbreviated as Todai ), is one of the leading research universities in Japan. ...

Murthy serves as an independent director on the board of the DBS Bank of Singapore. This is the largest government-owned bank in Singapore. He also serves as a director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India, as the co-chairman of the Indo-British Partnership, as a member of the Prime Minister's council on trade and industry, as a member of the Asia Advisory Board of British Telecommunications plc. and as a member of the Board of NDTV, India. He also serves as an independent director on the board of the European FMCG giantUnilever. He is an IT advisor to several Asian countries. DBS Bank Limited SGX: D05 (Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a bank incorporated in Singapore. ... The RBI headquarters in Mumbai The RBI Regional Office in Mumbai The RBI heaquarters in Delhi. ... BT Group plc (also known as British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ... NDTV (New Delhi Television Limited), founded in 1988, is Indias largest private television production house. ... Unilever is a widely listed [2] [3] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ...

He retired from his executive position at Infosys on 20th August, 2006. However, he continues as the Non-Executive Chairman of the board ^[4].

Controversies and Criticisms

He is known as a supreme supporter of globalization. Mostly has got wide recognition in India as a corporate leader hence head management institutes like IIMs. However he has to face lot of criticisms like

• Although he and his software industry gets most benefits like tax holiday( scheme in India called Software Technology Park Scheme for 10 years ending in fiscal 2009)^[5] and land granted and cheaper prices from government and demands roads for commutation ,he doesn't support local talents but emphasize more on global competitiveness meaning a poor mal-literate Indian to compete with someone in US!
• Being very hospitable he has even reached an extent of telling that singing national anthem of India in front of foreign nationals is a bit shameful. Although he apologised for it later^[6][7] he still faces a lawsuit.^[8][9].
• Infosys, although was first to incorporate corporate laws had to hide Phaneesh Murthy's case although removing him from company paying him shares and pay whatever Reka Maxmovich had claimed under US court^[10]. Today it has criticism of having technically most incompetent and sexually motivated managers in the company as seen by the sex ratio in company. This is an attribution of vision of NRN for Capitalism^[11]. This trend has seen the more sexy looking and gregarious girls to earn more money on site under capitalist managers.
• Being an ardent fan of western culture he has conference halls named under names of English philosophers and has none dedicated to Indians. There is western dress code^[12] implemented in the company with English as the sole language to be used. He is widely known to ignore local people under the name of globalization and hence has as many oppositions as he has supporters.
• He has publicly said that he prefers speaking in English than in Kannada many number of times showing hatred for his mother tongue although his wife Sudha Murthy is a well known Kannada literateur. Specially his company has a overwhelming ratio of non Kannadigas and unpublishedly known for having an all Tamil management inside which can be seen to help volunteering for Tsunami victims^[13] although there was lots of damage happening in native state of Karnataka and reportedly no help was volunteered.
• He was a prime contendant for the post of President of India in 2007 but was criticized as being a pure corporate and not a leader.^[14].

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Accolades

He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award by the Government of India. He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal (in the year 2003), awarded by the Indo-French Forum, in recognition of his role in promoting Indo-French ties. He was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst & Young. He was one of the two people named as Asia's Businessmen of the Year for 2003 by Fortune magazine. In 2001, he was named by TIME / CNN as one of the twenty-five, most influential global executives, a group selected for their lasting influence in creating new industries and reshaping markets. He was awarded the Max Schmidheiny Liberty 2001 prize ( Switzerland), in recognition of his promotion of individual responsibility and liberty. In 1999, BusinessWeek named him one of the nine entrepreneurs of the year and he was also featured in the BusinessWeek's 'The Stars of Asia' (for three successive years - 1998, 1999 and 2000). In 1998, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, one of the premier institutes of higher learning in India, conferred on him the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and in 1996-97, he was awarded the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte) and KPMG. Ernst & Young is a global organization consisting of many member firms. ... Fortune magazine is Americas second longest-running business magazine after Forbes magazine. ... Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ... The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) is one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, set up in the (then) industrial city of Kanpur in 1960. ... Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (July 29, 1904 - November 29, 1993) was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India. ...

In December 2005, Narayana Murthy was voted as the 7th most admired CEO/Chairman in the world in a global study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the Economist Intelligence Unit [4]. The list included 14 others with distinguished names such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett. In May 2006, Narayana Murthy has, for the fifth year running, emerged the most admired business leader of India in a study conducted by Brand-comm, a leading Brand Consulting, Advertising and PR firm. For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... Warren Edward Buffett (b. ...

The Economist ranked him 8th among the top 15 most admired global leaders (2005). He was ranked 28th among the world's most-respected business leaders by the Financial Times (2005). He topped the Economic Times Corporate Dossier list of India's most powerful CEOs for two consecutive years – 2004 and 2005. The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ...

TIME magazine’s “Global Tech Influentials” list (August 2004) named Mr. Murthy as one of the ten leaders who are helping shape the future of technology. In November 2006, TIME magazine again voted him as one of the Asian heroes who have brought about revolutionary changes in Asia in the last 60 years. The list featured people who have had a significant impact on Asian history over the past 60 years and it included others such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, etc. Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: , Hindi: , IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhÄ«, IPA: ) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. ... The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933). ... Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu IPA: ) (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), was a Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. ...

He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal (2003), awarded by the Indo-French Forum in recognition of his role in promoting Indo-French ties. He was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year – 2003 by Ernst and Young. He was one of two people named as Asia's Businessmen of the Year for 2003 by Fortune magazine. In 2001, he was named by TIME/CNN as one of the 25 most influential global executives, selected for their lasting influence in creating new industries and reshaping markets. He was awarded the Max Schmidheiny Liberty 2001 prize (Switzerland), in recognition of his promotion of individual responsibility and liberty. In 1999, BusinessWeek named him one of their nine Entrepreneurs of the Year, and he was featured in BusinessWeek's 'The Stars of Asia' for three successive years – 1998, 1999 and 2000. He was recently awarded the Commander of the British Order (CBE) by the British government. BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ... Coimbatore   (Tamil: ), also known as Kovai (Tamil: ), is a major industrial city in India. ...

He is known to lead an unpretentious lifestyle in his modest residence in Bangalore along with wife Sudha Murthy and has a reputation for being a calm, self-effacing, soft-spoken person and caring father like figure for the employees of Infosys, shunning pricey suits, and avoiding a high-flying lifestyle (he is known to fly economy class). By his ‘simple living high thinking’ phenomenon, he has become the most admired business leader among the business schools in India.

Quotes

• “Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning.” [5]

• “Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation,” [6]

• “The real power of money is the power to give it away.” [7]

• “In God we trust, everybody else bring data to the table.” [8]

• “Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.” [9]

• “I want Infosys to be a place where people of different genders, nationalities, races and religious beliefs work together in an environment of intense competition but utmost harmony, courtesy and dignity to add more and more value to our customers day after day.” [10]

• "Ships are safest in the harbor but they are not meant to be there. They have to sail long and hard and face stormy seas to reach the comfort of a desirable destination" [11]

References

1. ^ [1], Forbes.com
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ Chorus against Infy for not forcing national anthem in global campus. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
4. ^ Non-Executive Chairman - MSN Report
5. ^ http://www.infosys.com/investor/analystmeet2005/us/transcripts/Bala.pdf
6. ^ http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/churumuri-impact-sorry-says-narayana-murthy/
7. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6542013.stm
8. ^ http://news.oneindia.in/2007/04/13/narayana-murthy-has-shown-disrespect-to-the-national-athemprakash-1176453570.html
9. ^ http://news.oneindia.in/2007/04/13/another-police-complaint-against-narayana-murthy-1176468765.html
10. ^ [3]
11. ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Capitalism_can_solve_poverty_Murthy/articleshow/1077631.cms
12. ^ http://www.infosys.com/investor/corp_gov/CodeofConduct.pdf
13. ^ http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/01techies.htm
14. ^ http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/dpsatish/237/38147/narayana-murthy-as-prez-would-be-a-shame.html

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External links

• Profile on Infosys.com
• Profile on Karnataka.com
• Infosys Profile on Narayana Murthy
• Interviewed by Gartner Fellow
• Narayana Murthy bids adieu to Infosys
• The Legacy of Infosys Narayana Murthy