Infosys Chief Executive Officer-designate Vishal Sikka might be new to Indian information-technology (IT) services business, but his past credentials were enough for the company's shareholders to offer him a warm welcome at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) that was called to seek approval for his appointment, among other things.
The US legal action is likely to further strengthen public opinion, at a time of high unemployment, against information technology outsourcing -- which is seen to take away jobs from locals.
Narayana Murthy had some caustic comments regarding the academic standards of IITs across the country, following which IITian and celebrated author Chetan Bhagat hit back with his own opinion. Whose side are YOU on?
The new chairman assumes his role at perhaps one of the most challenging times for both the company and the industry.
Infosys employees presented Murthy and his family members a sketch of his on a rice grain.
The Infosys Science Foundation on Monday announced the winners of the Infosys Prize 2010 recognizing outstanding contributions to scientific research that have impacted India.
Top decision-making body, executive council, will be dissolved on April 1.
The Gujarat government has given consent for setting up an international centre of excellence to nurture youth into entrepreneurs, which will be guided by chairman and founder mentor of Infosys, N R Narayana Murthy.
The 20-stock index is up about 20 per cent in the past year - it has done much better than the Nifty's 12.5 per cent.
nfosys Managing Director and CEO S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan speaks about the company to Business Standard.
'When I told Mr Narayan Murthy, he said it was great that I was following my dream.'
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.
Many chairmen & MDs continue to hold reins well into their 80s.
Murthy comes at a time when the company is losing market share, profitability, and has lost control over predictability of the business.
The company should reward the confidence of the shareholders by returning some cash to them.
'Rohan would be my executive assistant and he would receive a salary of Re 1 a year.'
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.
Bala gets Murthy's open backing but it's an open field in this long run-up to Shibulal's handing over.
Murthy will also present the inaugural Richard Larkins Oration on the occasion.
Its longest-serving CEO (he held the position from 1981 to 2002), he leaves Infosys when the gap between it and the number one information technology services company (TCS) is growing wider.
In a major top-level management restructuring, India's second largest software firm Infosys on Saturday named veteran banker K V Kamath as the new chairman to succeed founder N R Narayana Murthy, who retires in August.
The decision has been taken because Executive Chairman N R Narayana Murthy attempts to bring Infosys back to basics.
Infosys co-founder Murthy was named 'Philanthropist of the Year'
Murthy added that global economic scenario is not in good shape as developed economies are not performing well.
The challenge before Indian companies is to build brands that would have international recognition, N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor, Infosys Technologies said on Tuesday.
The Nasscom Governance and Ethics Committe on Tuesday released its recommendations aimed at further strengthening corporate governance practices in the Indian IT-BPO industry.
Murthy best performer in IT stock returns, TCS' Chandra in pole position among current chief executives.
With ICT, there is a need to re-look at traditional models of business management, says Narayana Murthy.
Founder of software giant Infosys, N R Narayana Murthy on Monday said he was positive that the company's first centre would come up in the metropolis."
Infosys Science Foundation announced 2011 prize winners across five categories.
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.
True, Infosys is on course to starting its first overseas campus in China, but only four years ago the Indian IT major's co-founder and ex-chairman, N R Narayana Murthy, was apprehensive about its expansion in the East Asian nation, according to WikiLeaks.
In an interesting session at the TiE Summit i Mumbai, Ratan Tata and Narayana Murthy shared their views on each other, entrepreneurship, trust, politicians and their experience of being at the helm of India's most reputed companies.
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.
Their investments in start-ups exceed Rs 1,000 crore at present.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy along with wife Sudha Murty, and Mysuru royal family member 'Rajamate' Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, were among the early voters who cast their ballot in the Karnataka Assembly polls.
Refusing to be drawn into the debate over presidential candidature, Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Monday said the decision of choosing the best candidate should be left to leaders of political parities.
Doctors warn that overwork is leading to lifestyle diseases like diabetes and spondylitis.
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy is among the 12 "greatest entrepreneurs of our time" according to a Fortue magazine list that is topped by Apple's late chief Steve Jobs.
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.
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