Narayana murthy & Infosys
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narayana murthy, N.R.Murthy, NRN, sudha murthy, Infosys, Narayana murthy infosys,
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N.R. Narayana Murthy is an Indian Coroporate Leader, software engineer and the founder of Infosys. Born into a Kannada Brahmin family, in Mysore, Karnataka,India, on August 20, 1946, he graduated in electrical engineering from National Institute of Engineering,Mysore in 1967 and got his master's degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969. He secured rank at both places.

Narayana murthy began his career with Patni Computer Systems at Pune. He met his to-be wife Sudha, who was working as a Research Associate with Tatas at Pune. Sudha Murthy, who by herself, has a brilliant Academic and career record, is from North Karnataka. In 1981, Narayana murthy founded Infosys with six software professionals. He served as President of National Association of Software and Service Companies, India from 1992 to 1994. And now Infosys is a Global name and now Narayana murthy is venturing into a VC's role with Cataraman where he intends to find more entrepreneurs like him.

Narayana murthy began his career with Patni Computer Systems at Pune. He met his to-be wife Sudha, who was working as a Research Associate with Tatas at Pune. Sudha Murthy, who by herself, has a brilliant Academic and career record, is from North Karnataka. In 1981, Narayana murthy founded Infosys with six software professionals. He served as President of National Association of Software and Service Companies, India from 1992 to 1994. And now Infosys is a Global name and now Narayana murthy is venturing into a VC's role with Cataraman where he intends to find more entrepreneurs like him.
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Abdul Gafoor Khan
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yes because being a director for the project, he should implement and controll the whole design and construction activities in a good manner.
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Himanshu Pathak
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Just that Narayana Murthy was first director, doesn’t mean that he is completely responsible for whole incompetency of system to get simple things done.its very difficult to blame someone of NRN Murthy's stature. Mr. Murthy has been applauded by...
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SHARATH CHANDAR REDDY
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It is too premature to say whether Mr Murthy is accountable for any of the lapses. But, he can be definitely summoned and questioned. If he is genuine, he will come out clean, if he is guilty by any chance, he has to take responsibility. Just bcoz...
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Rakesh Chakraborty
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I don't think too many people will do like this since in India. This things can be done by some millionaire only who has financial backup for himself. Only he can help others to raise. Narayan Murty is a millionaire so he can afford to do so. But...
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Reena Saxena
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Narayana Murthy is not a blue-blooded industrialist, and has risen from the middle class. He, thus, has a strong inner need to help people like him, who have talent and ideas, but not the capital to put these ideas into practice. This generation...
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Veena Gupta
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According to me this is a great news for the VC in India, as there will be many who really want to get into funding of many new things, and really give something back to the society, as Mr. Narayana murthy himself in the past had taken money from...
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Amar Nath Mukherje
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It is a fact who cannot manage his job in time stays longer at the cost of AC,Taxi Voucher,Cafe bill as well as getting attention of boss as a hard worker.
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taranath joshi
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Good article, thanks for refering. How many employers follow this? If a person seriously stays back on work load, that directly means that he is incapable of scheduling, subordination and managing time. He needs nurturing in this aspect. Instead,...
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Kumbakonam S Venkataraman
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Thank you very much for sharing this valuable write-up. Excellent principle of Organizational Management explained lucidly in the language of target audience! Leaving alone the rara avis, who have been specially built to make sacrifices for the...
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Business Management Consultant
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Very informative.It's always highly important to have right leadership in a business.
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Nirmalya Sujib Biswas
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truly inspiring and incredibly motivating!!!
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rakesh.t
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i think u.s senator is absolutely wrong at his perception or in his words.. lets just be practical for a while... one day our house maid bunked her duty for a foreign trip with her boyfriend.. and this issue had come to your notice after a week...
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MVS Rao
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Thanks Puja for inviting for this debate. Perhaps the senator may be right as he is representing his constituency. It is eye opener to big IT companies to have their own vision about Information Technology and its future relevance to the world...
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Puja Sarkar
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I don't think so he was right in saying all the outsourcing companies are chop-shops. If Infosys and other Indian companies are Chop shops, then US and its companies are the biggest buyers on this planet for the products and services offered by...
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