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N.R. Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys
Technologies is one of the most famous personalities
in India's I-T sector. Born on August 20, 1946, he
obtained a degree in electrical engineering from the
National Institute of Engineering under University of
Mysore in 1967 and went on to do his Masters from
IIT Kanpur in 1969.
He joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune. While at
Pune, he met his wife Sudha Murty In 1981, he
founded Infosys alongwith with six otherpeople. He
served as president of the National
Association of Software and Service Companies, India
from 1992 to 1994.
Murthy was the CEO of Infosys for twenty years, and was
succeeded by Nandan Nilekani
in March 2002. He functioned as the Executive Chairman
of the Board and Chief Mentor
from 2002 to 2006.
He is on the governing bodies of many leading institutes
like the International Institute of
Information Technology - Bangalore, and the Indian
Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Advisory Boards and
Councils of various well-known
institutions like 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.
Besides, he has served on the Central Board of the
Reserve Bank of India, as a member
of the Prime Minister's council on trade and industry,
as a member of the Asia Advisory
Board of British Telecommunications and was the Chairman
of the committee on Corporate Governance appointed by
the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in
2003.
Narayanamurthy has won several accolades in India and
abroad. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri and was
voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst
& Young. In 2001, his name was included by TIME / CNN in
the list of twenty-five, most influential global
executives. He was ranked by the Economist as the 8th
among the top 15 most admired global leaders in 2005.
Though he retired on 20th August, 2006, he continues to
be the Non-Executive Chairman
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