Narayana Murthy at annual general meeting of Infosys

N.R. Narayana Murthy is an Indian industrialist, software engineer and the founder of Infosys Technologies. Narayana Murthy photograph taken at annual general meeting of Infosys used on Infosys website. ... Narayana Murthy photograph taken at annual general meeting of Infosys used on Infosys website. ... 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. ...

Born in Mysore, India on August 20, 1946, he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mysore in 1967 and received his master's degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969. Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... University of Mysore (also called Manasa Gangotri) is a reputed public university in India. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 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. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

He began his career with Patni Computer Systems in Pune. He met his wife Sudha Murty, who was a research associate with Tata in Pune. In 1981, he founded Infosys with six other software professionals. He served as president of theNational 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. Patni Logo Patni Computer Systems Ltd. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sudha Murty (born in Karnataka, India in 1950) is an Indian social worker and accomplished author. ... Tata may mean: Tata Group, a company in India Tata Steel, an important component of the group Jamshetji Tata, known as the father of Indian industry J. R. D. Tata, pioneer aviator and founder of companies Ratan Tata, present chairman of the Tata Group Tata Airlines, now Air India Tata... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the 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. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce that serves as an interface to the Indian Software industry. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Profile

Mr.Narayana Murthy served as 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 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. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Early Life Born as the second and last son to Durga and Mohan Rao Nilekani, a manager in Minerva Mills, Nandan Nilekani spent his first 12 years in Bangalore, India. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 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. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian 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. ... This is about the university. ... 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, founded in 1900 at Dartmouth College is commonly regarded as one of the top business schools in the world. ...

Mr. 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 is an IT advisor to several Asian countries. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The RBI headquarters in Mumbai The RBI office tower opposite the headquarters in Mumbai Entrance to the tower The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of India, and was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. ... 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 one of Indias largest television production houses. ...

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. This article is about the year 2000. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... // INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOURS TO BECOME MORE RICHER AND SECURE WITHIN INDIA REMOVE POVERTY AND TO INCREASE SECURITY OF INDIA, THERE IS A NEED TO USE HIGHER INTELLIGENT, THAT IS TO SAY, TO PROMOTE FOREIGN CITIZENS OF FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES TO BECOME CITIZEN OF INDIA WHEREBY THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO PURCHASE WHOLE... Ernst & Young is one of the Big Four auditors, and the third largest professional services firm in the world (after PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) in terms of revenue. ... The 2004 Fortune 500 issue The magazine Fortune was founded by Time Magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression. ... A pocket watch. ... The Cable News Network, usually referred to as CNN, is a cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner [1][2]. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. ... 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. ...

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 [1]. The list included 14 others with distiguished names such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worlds largest software company (as of April 2006). ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is currently the CEO of Apple Computer and is a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. ... Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a wealthy American investor and businessman. ...

On 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.

Accusations

Following his remarks on reservations, he was widely criticised

External links

• Profile on Infosys.com
• Profile on Karnataka.com