Narayana Murty Case Study

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TECHNOPRENEUR

Introduction:
One of the most famous living legend and Technopreneur in India is Mr.N.R.Narayana Murthy (Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy). Narayana Murthy is the Executive Chairman of Infosys Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He founded Infosys in 1981, served as the CEO during 1981 – 2002, as the Chairman and Chief Mentor during 1981 – 2011, and as the Chairman Emeritus during August 2011 – May 2013. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. Infosys is an Indian multinational that provides business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services.
Biodata:
Narayana Murthy was born on 20 August 1946 in Mysore, Karnataka. He graduated in 1967 in B.E. Electrical Engineering in NIE Mysore and in 1969 he graduated his Master’s degree from IIT Kanpur.
Career:
Narayana Murthy began his career at IIM Ahmedabad as chief systems programmer and he worked on India’s first time-sharing computer system and designed a BASIC interpreter for ECIL (Electronics Corporation of India Limited). Infosys wasn’t Narayana Murthy’s first entrepreneurial venture. In the beginning, he started a company named Softronics. But, he was not successful at that time; it failed after about year and half, he joined with Patni Computer Systems in Pune in 1977.. He married Sudha in his house on February 10, 1978. His wife Mrs. Sudha Murthy is a social worker.
Growth and Development of Infosys:
Narayana Murthy had a great vision but a zero capital. And, his wife Mrs. Sudha Murthy gave full support to him, because Murthy was very passionate about creating the good quality software. Murthy and his six colleagues decided to start Infosys in 1981 with enormous interest and har...

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Money mean to him:
“The power of money is the power to give”. Beyond the certain level of money has an opportunity to make a difference to society. More the money more to share. It has to be done over the years, but in majority they given to public causes. If they don’t have the money they starts their but not to destination.
Key Thrusts:
According to him people who wants to achieve their dream, people who work hard they never fails, instead they move forward. He had a positive thinking to run the company. If we give the confidence to the people they can achieve tremendous things. He gives new route to IT industry in India by his simplicity. He became a father of IT industries in India.

References
[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._R._Narayana_Murthy
[2]. http://www.infosys.com/about/management-profiles/Pages/narayana-murthy.aspx

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