Narayana Murthy is the originator of Infosys in India. It is one of the largest IT companies in the world, headquartered in Bangalore. N.R.Narayana Murthy founded Infosys in 1981 along with 6 other software professionals. He has served Infosys as the CEO for 21 years. In 2002, he handed over the responsibility to the co-founder Nandan M. Nilekani. From 2002 to 2006, Narayan Murthy served Infosys as the 'Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor'.
Narayana Murthy was born in Mysore, India on 20th August, 1946 into a Kannada Madhava Brahmin family. He has done B.E in Electrical engineering from Mysore University and M.Tech in the same subject from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He had been awarded many honorary doctorate degrees by some of the leading universities across the globe.
Works of Narayan Murthy
Narayan Murthy had been the IT advisor to many Asian countries. He has also served many companies around the world as the independent director such as DBS bank, Singapore. For his vision, wisdom and understanding of IT industries, Narayan Murthy had
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been invited by many educational institutions across the globe to be the member of their advisory boards. Some of the reputed institution, where he has worked as an advisor includes:
- Tokyo University
- Stanford University
- Wharton University
- SMU, Singapore
- Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore
Achievement of Narayan Murthy
Narayan Murthy has been awarded a number of times by many reputed organizations around the world for his phenomenal contributions in the field of IT development. He has been nominated as one of the global leaders by the world economists in 2005. He has been featured in the 'stars of Asia' in Business Week from 1998 to 2000. Narayan Murthy had also received the Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership medal for his role in the globalization of IT services by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2007. In 2008, he has been awarded with 'Padma Vibhusan' by the government of India.
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