Initially, the lure of a big paycheck may feel rewarding. But, over time, professionals find themselves drifting away from family, friends and personal joys, observes Pradeep Pramanik.
The Infosys saga shows how efforts to remote-control a company by its powerful promoter, even with good intentions, might hurt the entity, says Asish K Bhattacharyya.
Infosys chief mentor Narayana Murthy has been felicitated with the Global Leadership and Free Enterprise awards by the University of South Florida in recognition of his entrepreneurial spirit.
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy stirred a storm on X when he said young people should work 70 hours a week to level up the country's productivity. In a conversation with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai in the inaugural episode of 3one4 Capital's podcast 'The Record,' Murthy said that youngsters should put extra hours at work to compete with leading economies. "India's work productivity is one of the lowest in the world. Unless we improve our work productivity...we will not be able to compete with those countries that have made tremendous progress," he said, comparing India with China, Japan and Germany.
Family office basically caters to the investment - financial and non-financial - needs of a family and its members.
Calling Infosys' performance in 2013-14 "stellar", "laudable" and "creditable", the co-founder said the task ahead was "simple to state": Achieve sector-leading growth.
She said Bhide wanted her appointment but she told him that she was busy.
The Infosys' founder expressed the inability of Indians to exchange ideas.
A video showing author and philanthropist Sudha Murthy bowing before the leader of a right wing outfit in Maharashtra has gone viral, evoking sharp reactions.
At the time of the media maelstrom around her non-dom status, she hit back at implications that it was in some way indicative of her stronger bond with India than the UK.
In an accompanying vision statement, the former finance minister highlighted his track record of serving in the Cabinet, helping to steer the economy through the toughest of times with the COVID pandemic.
Murthy was in Ahmedabad to attend the first convocation of Ahmedabad University.
The Telugu film industry mourned the director.
Infosys chief mentor N R Narayan Murthy and renowned hotelier P R S Oberoi were also conferred with the award. The first man to step on the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary was conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
We asked readers what they would do if they had only three years to live life to the fullest? While the contest closes on November 23, here are some more interesting responses.
IT major Infosys Technologies Ltd became the first Indian company to remotely ring the opening bell of Nasdaq from its Mysore campus on Monday.
Chief mentor of Infosys Technologies N R Narayan Murthy and former chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corp Subir Raha have been adjudged winners of Priyadarshni Academy award
With a view to further strengthen Indo-British trade linkages, CII is taking a CEO's mission to the UK from June 19-22.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with the inoculation of healthcare workers, while the vaccination of the frontline workers started from February 2.
Non-profit Code for India, which inspires techies to volunteer their time and talent to the developing world, on Thursday announced that parallel India-US hackathon will be held at the Google campuses in Bangalore and in Mountain View, California.
The Oxford University and Stanford MBA graduate co-founded a 1-billion-pound global investment firm and specialised in investing in small British businesses
He is followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayan Murthy in Hurun India Philanthropy List
Under KV Kamath's leadership, ICICI Bank's revenues grew multi-fold.
United Kingdom will go to the polls on Thursday. This election is being dubbed the most unpredictable of all time.
The writers, artistes, thinkers and academics had gathered for a "resistance" meet (Pratirodh) against what they described as "attack on reason, democracy and composite culture".
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While cost pressures could partly offset the expected gains, given the currency hedging by companies the gains will not accrue immediately.
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