However, talking to media persons later, Murthy advocated another term for Kalam as President.
In a major top management re-shuffle, Infosys on Saturday said it has re-appointed N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman and additional director with immediate effect.
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The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka heated up with the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular) combine fielding its second candidate, even though the alliance has the strength to win only one out four seats.
Expressing hope that new Finance Minister P Chidambaram will "set right" things at the earliest, business leader NR Narayana Murthy on Friday said the government and the opposition should declare that they would never do anything on "retrospective basis".
Narayana Mandagadde is the subject matter of one of the most awaited releases of the year.
Infosys chairman NR Narayana Murthy has been appointed to the board of trustees of Asia Business Council, a non-profit consortium of 43 CEO-level business leaders, mainly from Asia.
Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy has emerged as India's most admired business leader for the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey by brand consulting, advertising and PR firm Brand-comm.
N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys, has plans to turn the company into a bigger, stronger, and global player.
If the gift is received from a relative, there is no tax implication. But if the gift is received from a non-relative and exceeds Rs 50,000 in value during a financial year, the entire value of the gift is taxable.
Industry body Nasscom on Wednesday said it has formed a corporate governance and ethics committee to prevent Satyam-like incidents in future.
He was accompanied by Hindustan Lever Limited chairman Vindi Banga, ICICI CEO K V Kamath and a member of the Board of Governors.
The US-based global financial company is understood to have shown a "keen interest" in helping the hospital, which has 140 acres in its land bank, to unlock the value of its real estate assets.
Murthy's life story is to be the content of a new comic to be brought out by Amar Chitra Katha, the popular comic book series, making him the first living person to be featured in the Amar Chitra Katha series, which mostly focuses on popular Indian myths and legends.ACK Media, the publisher, will follow this up with stories of famous personalities like cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian President and Bharat Ratna award winner, APJ Abdul Kalam.
The availability of domestic capital to fund startups and an ability to attract talent in the early days are among the biggest challenges faced by entrepreneurs, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said on Thursday. "It is desirable to create a policy that makes it attractive for domestic institutions like family offices of HNIs (high net-worth individuals), insurance companies or large corporations to invest in venture capital funding," he said at the T N Chaturvedi Memorial Lecture 2024 in New Delhi's Prime Ministers' Museum and Library.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Catamaran Management Services, the venture capital fund promoted by Infosys Technologies Chairman N R Narayana Murthy, is free to exit SKS Microfinance.
'I tell those in their 20s that age is on their side and they should start exercising early.' 'Just like investing in good stocks, if they start early, they will get the multiplier effects of being healthy, fit and strong later in life.'
The controversy arose following a statement made by Murthy at a press meet he addressed later at which he defended the playing of instrumental version of the national anthem to avoid embarrassment to foreigners present at the function.
A similar case is still pending before a court in Mysore. The case is expected to come up for hearing shortly.
"I would hope that the government would very respectfully request him to continue for one term or my preference would be two terms," Narayana Murthy said.
The British prime minister, who is of Indian origin, has often emphasised his Hindu roots and said he is proud of it.
Capitalism, grounded in the twin pillars of a free market and entrepreneurship, is the singular solution to addressing the issue of poverty in India and any country, N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, said during a fireside chat moderated by Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of the brokerage platform Zerodha. "The government should function as a fair and transparent regulator. "On the entrepreneurs' side, they must recognise themselves as evangelists for capitalism.
Rao is now just the Minister of State for Coal.
Narayana Murthy is akin to being the first man on the moon for the IT services industry.
Infosys Technologies chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy would be joining the board of trustees of TiE Inc (Global), a world-wide network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship.\n\n
Rohan Murthy, the only son of his parents, has found his life partner in Lakshmi Venu, the 26-year-old daughter of TVS Motor co-chairman Venu Srinivasan. In no time after confirmation from the bride and the groom, the two families sealed the merger of souls with their engagement in Chennai on Friday evening.
He also talks on the US challenge and on India's relations with China.
After guiding Infosys to become one of the most admired IT companies in the world, N R Narayana Murthy will step down as its executive chairman on Sunday, amid firm indications that he would continue to call the shots.
N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder and chief mentor of India's second-largest IT services provider Infosys Technologies, is planning to invest in US-based clean technology venture capital fund Siderian Ventures.
Murthy indicated that it was the board's wish that he should continue as the chief mentor
Infosys is currently working on lot of tools and technology that will enhance an individual's productivity, he said.
We have to walk a very fine line between our desire to mobilise more and more taxes or having higher percentage of taxes, he says
Murthy met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last week.
Many corporate leaders have dived back into the fray and helped their companies clamber out of graveyard.
Indian IT industry had expressed concerns over the visa restrictions set out in the US Immigration Reform Bill that could hit their business hard.
Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy has said his 22-year-old son Rohan does not want to step into his shoes and hinted he may have a venture of his own.
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