N. R.

Narayana Murthy
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N. R. Narayana Murthy

Speaking at Horasis Global China Business Meeting 2006

Born

20 August 1946 (age 64) Mysore, Karnataka, India

Alma mater

University of Mysore IIT Kanpur

Occupation

Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies

Salary

$50,000 USD (Infosys)

Net worth

$2 billion (2011)[1]

Spouse

Sudha Murthy

Children

2[2]

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (Kannada: the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys.
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; born 20 August 1946) better

known as N. R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He is

1 Early life 2 Career 3 Board memberships 4 Personal life 5 Awards and honours 6 Books 7 References 8 External links

[edit]Early

life

Born into a Kannada Madhwa Brahmin family in Mysore, Karnataka on August 20, 1946. Murthy graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Engineering,University of Mysore in 1967 after attending government school. He received his master's degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969.[citation needed]
[edit]Career

His first position was at IIM Ahmedabad as chief systems programmer[3] where he worked on a time-sharing system and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for ECIL (Electronics Corporation of India Limited).[citation needed] After IIM Ahmedabad, he 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.[citation needed]

Murthy founded Infosys in 1981 in Pune with an initial capital of US $250, most of which was borrowed from his wife Sudha Murty. At its inception, he invited six other engineers to join the company. Murthy served as the founder CEO of Infosys for 21 years, and was succeeded by co-founder Nandan Nilekani in March 2002. At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model which has become the foundation for the huge success in IT services outsourcing from India. He also lead the company through several key decisions including its listing on the Indian stock exchange and on the NASDAQ.[citation needed] He served as chairman of the National Association of Software and Service Companies from 1992 to 1994.[4] In August 2004, TIME listed him under Global Tech Influentials as one of the ten leaders who are helping shape the future of technology.[citation needed] In November 2006, TIME again voted him as one of the Asians who have brought about revolutionary changes in Asia in the last 60 years.[citation needed] Murthy retired from his executive position at Infosys on 20 August 2006. However, he continues as the Chairman Emeritus of the Board.[5]
[edit]Board

memberships

Murthy serves as an independent director on the boards of HSBC, DBS Bank and Unilever. He also serves on the boards of the Ford Foundation, UN Foundation, Indo-British Partnership, and NDTV. He is the chairman of the Governing board of Public Health Foundation of India [6] He is a member of the Advisory Boards and Councils of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Corporate Governance initiative at theHarvard Business School, the Indian School of Business, Cornell University committee on academic affairs, the committee on alumni affairs and development at Yale University, the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business, and theUniversity of Tokyos President's Council.[citation needed] He is a member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD, the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,Singapore Management University, Asian Institute of Management (AIM), the Board of Members of School of Management at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Asia Business Council and Business Advisory Council of Great Lakes Institute of Management and International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore.[citation needed]

He also serves as a British Telecommunications.[citation needed]

life

His wife, Sudha Murthy (ne Kulkarni), is an Indian social worker and accomplished author. She is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Her sister, Jayashree Despande is wife of enterpreneur and founder of US-based Sycamore Networks, Gururaj Deshpande.[citation needed] They have two children - Rohan and Akshata. Rohan is married to Venu Srinivasan's (of TVS motors) daughter Lakshmi Venu. Akshata Murthy is married to Rishi Sunak.[citation needed] Murthy is the brother-in-law of serial entrepreneur Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande[7] and the uncle of former NASSCOM Chairman and MphasiSchief Jerry Rao.
[edit]Awards

and honours
Name Awarding organization Ref.

Year

2010 IEEE Honorary Membership

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

[8]

2010 Foreign Associate Member

United States National Academy of Engineering.

[9]

2008 Padma Vibhushan

President of India.

2008 Officer of the Legion of Honor

Government of France.

[10]

2007 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Government of United Kingdom.

[11]

2007 IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

[12]

2003 Asia's Businessmen of the Year

Fortune magazine.

2003 Indo-French Forum Medal

Indo-French Forum.

2003 World Entrepreneur of the Year

Ernst and Young.

2001 Wharton Business School Dean's Medal

University of Pennsylvania.

2001 Max Schmidheiny Liberty Prize

Switzerland.

2001 Nikkei Asia Prize

Nikkei Inc.

2000 Padma Shri

President of India.

1998 Distinguished Alumnus Award

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

1996 JRD Corporate Leadership Award

All India Management Association (AIMA).

2005: 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 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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).[citation needed]

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