Narayana Murthy Invites His Old Comrades to Resurrect Infosys


Bangalore: Infosys, the once acclaimed Indian organization that symbolized India's presence globally has been hit severely by a margin of losses and fall in credit ratings from international financial institutions after its founder Narayana Murthy retired himself from the company affairs on August 2011 taking the title “Chairman Emeritus”. After a gradual downfall in Infosys stocks the shareholders were concerned over the company’s fortunes which led to Murthy rejoining the company. The founder and former chairman is determined to bring back the company’s lost glory.

As a part, Murthy has appealed to some of his ex top executives who now work for rival companies like Wipro and ISGN to come back to Infosys. During an annual General meeting held at Infosys campus, Murthy underlined the fact as to how important it really was for an organization to have a top quality sales staff. He plans to transform Infosys into a desirable organization in the next three years by shifting focus to winning large deals in commoditized work such as writing application software and managing IT networks. Murthys presence would certainly have an impact over the employees and the stakeholders of the company as he was the leader who once guided the company to scale to glory.

Sandeep Gupta, managing director of consulting firm Protiviti is of the opinion that by bringing back the top executives into Infosys affairs it would build on the existing client relationships and improve the morale of the employees internally. Murthy has a long-term proposition to retain these top executives even if he quits in the future.