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Project Of : Info. About favourite personality

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Reference by : Wikipedia and books.

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Main Continent :I. Early Life.II.Education.III.Carrier.IV.Personal Life.V.Books.VI.Some images.VII.Awards.

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Can someone from a poor or middle

class family become a renowned

industrialist ?

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Narayan Murthy( Infosys )

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Early life : Narayan Murthy was born

20th August, 1946 in the city of Mysore in Karnataka state of India.

His father was a teacher in a high school.

A quit child ,Narayan Murthy was sharp. He is most intelligent child in school.

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As he finished schooling and went on to graduation, he dreamt of graduation from the IIT

But to get admission, their there was a very tough examination to clear.

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Education :

I. After completing his school education, he went to the National Institute of Engineering .

II. He graduated in 1967 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

III. In 1969 he received his master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.

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Career :

Murthy started his career at IIT Ahmedabad. as chief systems programmer.

There he worked on India's first time-sharing computer system and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for Electronics Corporation of India Limited.

He started a company named Softronics.

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When that company failed after about a year and a half, he joined Patni Computer Systems  in Pune.

Murthy and six software professionals founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital injection of Rs 10,000, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murthy.

Murthy served as the CEO of Infosys for 21 years from 1981 to 2002 and was succeeded by co-founder  Nandan Nilekani.

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He was chairman of the board from 2002 to 2006, after which he became Chairman of the board and Chief Mentor.In August 2011, he retired from the company, taking the title chairman Emeritus.

At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model for IT services outsourcing from India.

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Personal life : His wife, Sudha

Murthy née Kulkarni, a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology,

Hubballi, stood first in her class and received a gold medal from the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Thereafter, she completed an M.E. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science, standing first in her class and receiving a gold medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers now an Indian social worker and author.

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She actively continues her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation.

He has two children, a son Rohan Murty and a daughter Akshata Murthy.

Rohan is a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.

On 1 June 2013, he joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father.

He left Infosys effective 14 June 2014. Akshata completed her MBA from

Stanford Business School, and is married to Rishi Sunak 

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Rohan is a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.

On 1 June 2013, he joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father. He left Infosys effective 14 June 2014.

Akshata completed her MBA from Stanford Business School, and is married to Rishi Sunak .

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Books:

A Better India: A Better World by N. R. Narayana Murthy

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To motivate students :

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To getting award :

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Year Award Organization

2013 25 Greatest Global Indian Living Legends NDTV

2013 Sayaji Ratna Award Baroda Management Association, Vadodara

2013 Philanthropist of the Year The Asian Awards

2012 Hoover Medal American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2011 NDTV Indian of the Year's Icon of India NDTV

2010 IEEE Honorary Membership

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Awards and honours :-

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Year Award Organization

2009 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

2003Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year

Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Jury

2008 Padma Vibhushan Government of India

2008 Officer of the Legion of Honor

Government of France

2007 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Government of United Kingdom

2000 Padma Shri Government of India

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