Leaders who built and manage these incredible global companies cannot be tyrants, slave-drivers, or idiots. Essentially what they are saying falls under the definition of rallying the troops, inspirational talk, like the usual coach-speak with the team before a match, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features just a few hundred people, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, bureaucrats and diplomats.
Narayana Murthy said reality is 'what you make.'
Citing an example of traffic rule violation in the national capital, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said that he feels uncomfortable coming to Delhi because it is the one city where indiscipline is the highest. While speaking at the All India Management Association (AIMA) Foundation Day, Murthy shared that people should treat community property better than personal property as one of the values to avoid issues of dishonesty in public governance. "I really feel very uncomfortable coming to Delhi, this is one city where indiscipline is the highest.
N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Information Technology giant Infosys, has lamented that economic activities in India were 'stalled' and decisions were not taken by the Manmohan Singh government in time in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance-era.
Speaking to engineering students at the annual convocation of the Indrprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Murthy pointed out that the much famed Indian software sector ends up importing every innovation from the West despite the fact that the country produces a large number of software professionals.
Silent support for the movement, which has recently turned its guns against industry, has come from India Inc as well, mainly from Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy, who made donations of Rs 25 lakhs (Rs 2.5 million) in 2011.
Murthy added that global economic scenario is not in good shape as developed economies are not performing well.
Expressing shock over the killing of a Karnataka official, said to be a whistle-blower in some controversial land allotments, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday said the first priority of the government should be to protect honest officers.
Infosys founder, N R Narayana Murthy, otherwise an admirer of the government, says he's unhappy at the way Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh have handled the Lok Pal Bill issue.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday had a breakfast meeting with top honchos of India Inc at the iconic, sea-facing Taj Hotel in Mumbai. Amongst those from India Inc who were present at the meeting included Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Group and Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani. Others present were the chiefs of India's two largest banks, O P Bhatt of State Bank and Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank, Swati Piramal and Sudha Murthy.
Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani has been named as 'Businessman of the Year' for 2006 by Forbes Asia for his "nimble" stewardship in keeping the company ahead of peers in the global outsourcing phenomenon.
Infosys now plans to re-purpose Skava's micro services-based business and re-focus Panaya's suite of products.
In a short span of time, with the help of Amazon, Cloudtail was able to devise a model that could protect it from the vagaries of online retail business.
In Parekh, an IIT-Bombay and Cornell University alumnus, Infosys may have finally found a person who will grab the market opportunity with good execution.
He may make a comeback as co-chairman at India's second largest software exporter.
While Infosys board gave a clean chit to the Panaya deal, Murthy stands firm on his allegations and said, 'sadly, it appears we will no longer know the truth'.
He becomes 2nd Indian to win this award; N R Narayana Murthy won it in 2003.
Legal experts fear such shareholder activism could turn into a class-action suit against Infosys
Analysts say IT major cleaning up act before new CEO takes over; regulator might take a year
Infosys' spending on research and development has registered a decline.
The company's net profit stood at Rs 2,875 crore (Rs 28.7 billion) in the same period last year.
Some companies are already seeking review of the new norms.
In our case, the reason for this downward revision of guidance is because there are clients where we have had one time hits because of ramp-downs and things like this, says the Infosys CEO.
The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas.
The whistle-blower's letter to Sebi said future disclosures on any wrongdoing could potentially not be exposed if Infosys is let off the hook now.
Vishal Sikka said such a plan is on the anvil.
The country would see more economic progress if the private sector was left to run business without government interference, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has said at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of deliberately maintaining silence on incidents like Dadri lynching while his ministerial.
The PM will spend much of Friday outside Delhi; will devote day attending official events in Jharkhand and a political rally in Banka, Bihar
Some unlikely celebrities are behind multiple campaigns to fight the fake news menace.
Investors also appreciate the role being played by the founders; analysts, too, remain unperturbed.
Recently, when TCS laid off a handful of employees, prominent trade unions rushed to offer their support to workers who had lost their jobs.
The route to that target is clear in Sikka's mind.
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