Narayana Murthy Bids Goodbye to Infosys
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 19 August 2011, 22:45 IST
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Narayana Murthy Bids Goodbye to Infosys
Bangalore: N.R. Narayana Murthy is the key founder of the IT giant Infosys and the person responsible to bring Bangalore on the world map. His clear and coherent policies have created an environment where a professional can indeed show as much commitment to the company as a founder-member. He is the first Indian to bring an Indian company in the listing of NASDAQ and created the boom of IT sector in India. And today the time has arrived when he is all set to bid his final good bye to the organization which he had nurtured himself. N.R. Narayana Murthy will step down as Infosys chairman on August 19th and will hand over his role to KV Kamath. The exit of Murthy as the chairman of the company will mark the end of his journey with Infosys on professional front, although his heart still remains with Infosys.
Reactions across his industry members are flooding in the media. "He is a visionary, is forthright and resolute in action. His contribution to the industry has been phenomenal and his efforts have been instrumental in putting India on the global map. I wish him the very best for the next phase of his life," said Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro.
CO-FOUNDER of INFOSYS S Gopalakrishnan said, "When I was in the U.S. during 1993-94, Murthy said the action was shifting to India and asked me to come back and take charge of the support functions. I wondered then why, but later realized that it helped me with very good learning." Former Infosys leader, Mohandas Pai said, "He always spoke about how he hired his co-founders and why they were the best because he had hired them, making us angry and despondent. He heard my arguments gladly; always patient and sparring with him was the best." "The best advice Murthy gave me is to take honest feedback with grace and humility," said Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder, and Infosys.

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