NR Murthy pulls back as IT advisor to Rajapaksa
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 17:26 IST   |    16 Comments
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NR Murthy pulls back as IT advisor to Rajapaksa
Bangalore: Infosys Technologies Chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy has declined to be the IT advisor to the Sri Lankan government, the IT bellwether said Wednesday. In a letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Murthy said he had decided to withdraw from being the advisor due to personal reasons. "I thank you for the courtesy shown to me during my recent visit to Sri Lanka. I have decided to withdraw from being the advisor to your government due to personal reasons," the company quoted Murthy's letter to Rajapaksa. Murthy was appointed Feb 13 as Rajapaksa's international advisor on IT after he was invited to be the chief guest at the launch of "2009 - Year of English and Information Technology" at the presidential secretariat in Colombo. The Sri Lanka government launched the IT initiative to meet the demands of the 21st century in skills and capacities, mainly in the rural sector. Incidentally, Murthy told IANS Tuesday that the role of an advisor was to keep his mouth shut and open it only when asked for his views based on experience. "I am advisor to president of South Korea, prime minister of Malaysia and have been made advisor to Rajapaksa," Murthy said on the sidelines of a function at the Infosys campus in the electronics city, about 30 km from here. A day later, Murthy declined the offer.
Source: IANS
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