The three aspects of ensuring success for any entrepreneur are innovation, ability to use innovation to create service and products that add value to customers, and the ability to communicate the value to customers, according to Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy.
Padma Vibhushan awardee Murthy has stepped down as Infosys CEO but continues as its chief mentor and board chairman.
Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy on Thursday called out "fake news items", which claimed he endorsed automated trading applications and warned the public not to fall for such fraudulent claims. He also slammed "fake interviews" that used "deepfake pictures and videos" of him. In a series of posts on X, Murthy drew the attention of the public to false content being put out by malicious sites and products or services being sold fraudulently using his name and urged people to report any such instances to the concerned regulatory authorities.
Perhaps the greatest positive for Mr Sikka is his job knowledge and career record.
The succession strategy has an unmistakable stamp of Murthy's sharp management and leadership acumen - a trait he has been regarded for all this while.
The Indian corporate sector, he said, has been extremely fortunate in escaping the worst of the global financial crisis.
Sudha Murty, who was on Friday nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President, holds a 0.83 per cent stake in IT bellwether Infosys which at current prices is worth close to Rs 5,600 crore. The 73-year-old philanthropist is the wife of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy. She is the chairperson of the Murty Trust and has authored several books.
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said exit of his investment firm Catamaran from SKS Microfinance, which is in the thick of controversies, was legally not possible at this juncture.
N R Narayana Murthy addressed Infosys staff on Thursday for the first time since taking charge of the beleaguered company as the executive chairman.
Information technology leader Ganesh Natarajan hailed N R Narayana Murthy's reappointment as executive chairman and additional director of Infosys on Saturday.
Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) in Mumbai.
The latest entrant into Kannada films is author and Infosys mentor Narayana Murthy's wife, who will be a part of Prarthane.
Terming payment systems as the backbone of a nation's financial infrastructure, N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor of Infosys, on Wednesday called for widening the reach of the electronic payment system to rural areas.
Narayana Murthy, head of software giant Infosys Technologies, has been appointed Thailand Premier Thaksin Shinawatra's adviser on information technology matters.
Murthy's fund, which has invested through Catamaran Management Services, will hold 1.3 per cent in the company after the IPO.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought an end to the cycle of violence in Kashmir while addressing an all-party meet in New Delhi on Tuesday."The key to the problem in Kashmir is a political solution that addresses the alienation and emotional needs of the people," said the PM. The prime minister proposed the setting up of an expert group headed by Dr C Rangarajan with N R Naryanmurthy, Tarun Das and others to formulate a jobs plan for the state.
Murthy created today's situation by pushing into leadership positions people who should not have been there.
Telugu actor-director MS Narayana passes away at 63.
The company's inflexibility on prices and margins and a tradition of rotating leadership roles amongst its founders have made it less nimble than rivals.
Cost cutting has begun to deliver; analysts say the real turnaround will come when Murthy's impact is evident on sales and delivery.
Focus on the quality of work and not on the quantity, as one can change the world in 10 hours, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Saturday, joining the debate on a 90-hour work week.
Having carved a niche for itself as a global outsourcing hub for services, India should now look at becoming the world's preferred manufacturing destination, Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy said on Thursday.
Having nurtured Infosys for the last three decades, Narayana Murthy would be succeeded by eminent banker K V Kamath as Infosys' Chairman with effect from August 21.
N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder and chief mentor of IT major Infosys Technology, said corporate bodies in developing countries like India have a responsibility to involve themselves in philanthropic acts to help underprivileged people.
The way to succeed for any new start-up company in the IT services field is to focus on niche areas or small verticals and doing some unusual things, N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor of Infosys told reporters.
Software icon N R Narayana Murthy has blamed poor public governance for major ills faced by the country such as illiteracy, malnourishment, lack of sanitation facilities and dismal food and power management.
Murthy added that global economic scenario is not in good shape as developed economies are not performing well.
In a swift damage control exercise, Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday said he would persuade Infosys Chairman N R Narayana Murthy to withdraw his resignation as the Bangalore International Airport Ltd chairman.
Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of India's second-largest information technology services provider Infosys Technologies, has asserted that he has set up the Catamaran Venture Fund to occupy himself once he retires from Infosys in 2011.
The company should reward the confidence of the shareholders by returning some cash to them.
Murthy, 68, will cease to be the non-executive Chairman with effect from Oct 10.
Infosys founder said that apart from the top 20 per cent of students who crack the tough IIT entrance examination and can 'stand among the best anywhere in the world,' quality of the remaining 80 per cent of students leave much to be desired.
Concordia University confers honorary doctorate on Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy.
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.
Unfazed by the exodus of top executives, Infosys co-founder and Executive Chairman N R Narayana Murthy on Friday said he wished luck to those who quit the firm and said the company has a strong cadre of leaders and that its future will not be "compromised".
India needs foreign direct investment of $480 billion in the next 10 years if the country wants to achieve the GDP growth it is aiming at, Infosys chairman and chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy said on Monday.
The Indian Institutes of Technology and IIT-JEE coaching institutes have not taken kindly to Infosys Technologies founder, N R Narayana Murthy's comment that questioned the quality of students at these institutions.
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