Mumbai: Strongly condemning the violence at Maruti Suzuki's plant at Manesar, Infosys Chairman Emeritus NR Narayana Murthy on Monday said differences between management and workers should be resolved in a peaceful manner and not violently.
"It is not right, whatever differences (between the management and workers) we have, we have to settle them in a courteous manner," he said on the sidelines of an event organised by Aspen Institute here.
The IT czar was responding to a question on the large-scale violence at the Japanese carmaker's Manesar facility in Haryana, in which a senior Maruti Suzuki HR executive was killed and 100 others were injured.
The management of India's largest carmaker has declared a lockout at the facility which saw arson and vandalism allegedly by contract labourers on July 18....
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08:01 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Bangalore: Software industry leader NR Narayana Murthy on Sunday appeared to have joined the debate on policy paralysis at the Centre when he said the government has not been able to provide clarity on definition of software exports for over a year now causing inconvenience to the industry. "I have tremendous faith in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is an excellent minister and an excellent person. But it has been...
04:24 AM, May 21, 2012
Ahmedabad: Chairman Emeritus and Chief Mentor of IT major Infosys, NR Narayan Murthy, on Thursday said that the company was still working with the Gujarat government to get land for its proposed centre in the state. "Infosys is still working with Government of Gujarat to get the land for which we have requested. We will be happy to be part of the city," Murthy said on sidelines of an event....
12:56 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Indore: Infosys founder NR Narayan Murthy on Friday said that the biggest malady of the country at present was the apathy to social problems. "We feel that problems surrounding us belong to somebody else. We do not take action or rather postpone the decision," he said, addressing Indore Management Association's International Management Conclave here. "Management is all about maximising the outcome while optimising utilisation of sources. Hence it is extremely...
10:27 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Patna: Anand Kumar, who founded Super 30, Bihar's widely acclaimed free coaching centre for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) aspirants, has blamed the institutes' entrance exam panel for the poor quality of students making the cut, a concern voiced by Infosys chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy. Anand Kumar said if poor quality students, as felt by Narayan Murthy, were able to get into the IITs, it was the responsibility of...
01:26 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: Former IITian Chetan Bhagat has defended the IITs and come to the defence of the institute by saying that Infosys founder Narayan Murthy's comments were unfair. Murthy created a stir when he said that the quality of students passing out of the acclaimed institute has gone down. Bhagat said that the comments made by Murthy were high handed and that it hurts when a negative comment like that...
10:33 AM, Oct 05, 2011
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11:42 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Infosys founder Narayan Murthy said that the Indian Institutes of Technology are no longer the quality institutions. ...
09:41 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Infosys founder Narayan Murthy blamed coaching centres for the deteriorating quality of students. ...
09:23 PM, Oct 04, 2011
The students of Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai disagree with Infosys founder Narayan Murthy's comments that IITs lack quality. ...
09:15 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Infosys founder Narayan Murthy said that the Indian Institutes of Technology are no longer the quality institutions. ...
08:50 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Infosys founder NR Narayan Murthy's statement that the Indian Institutes of Technology are no longer the quality institutions that they were in the 60s and 70s, has ignited another debate. While his opinion is being criticised by many, some say that it is a wake up call that India's foremost educational institute has been ignoring for long. After Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, it's now Narayan Murthy who has...
08:14 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: The faculty at the IIT agree with Infosys founder N R Narayan Murthy on his observation that the standard of the students at the premier institution has deteriorated because of coaching classes. Backing Murthy on the issue, Sanjeev Sanghi, president of the faculty forum at IIT Delhi, said, "I don't think Murthy is harsh. We do have a problem with the coaching system." Murthy had said that almost...
09:25 AM, Oct 04, 2011
Ranchi: IIM-Ranchi has come up with an unique idea of mapping the brain of famous personalities like MS Dhoni, Mamata Banerjee and Narayan Murthy to find the possible reason behind their success. The institute is designing a project with the help of Dr Nizam Haque of the Central Institute of Psychiatrist to approach the three for their brain mapping. "Once our design is complete, we will approach successful persons like...
10:13 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed a desire that Infosys Chief Mentor NR Narayana Murthy should head an incubation centre to groom the young talent into future entrepreneurs. Giving an outline of the project, Modi said the state government wished to set up an incubation centre with a view to nurture young talents. "State government wishes the incubation centre to be fully autonomous HRD (human resource development)...
12:49 AM, Jul 20, 2011
Chennai: The scions of two of big Indian business families, Infosys and TVS got married on Sunday at a function attended by high-profile businessmen and politicians. Rohan Murthy, son of software major Infosys' founder NR Narayana Murthy, married Lakshmi Venu, daughter of industrialist couple Venu and Mallika Srinivasan. Venu Srinivasan heads the country's second largest two-wheeler maker TVS Motor company and his wife Mallika Srinivasan heads the tractor major Tafe...
09:30 PM, Jun 05, 2011
New Delhi: NR Narayana Murthy, the founder and outgoing chairman of Infosys, has said in his last letter to the company's shareholders that for him leaving Infosys was like parents sending away their daughter after her marriage. "The best analogy that I can think of for this separation between Infosys and me is that of one's daughter getting married and leaving her parents' home," Murthy said in an emotional letter...
12:35 PM, May 18, 2011
Bangalore: The board of India's second-largest IT company Infosys is to decide on chairman N R Narayana Murthy's successor on Saturday. If one of the founders is handed the job then the other top posts will see changes as well. Sources say the Board is also likely to be expanded. V Balakrishnan, the current CFO and two more members may join the board according to reports. There are two main...
08:08 AM, Apr 30, 2011
This year will see two prominent figures from Infosys parting ways with the company - Founder chairman Narayans Murthy and HR chief TV Mohandas Pai. Murthy clarifies that he merely discussed future plans with Pai and never made him any offer on behalf of Infosys. ...
12:57 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Bangalore: Reacting to the Centre's decision of agreeing to issue a formal order to set up a committee for drafting a strong Lokpal Bill, Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murty on Saturday hailed the outcome of the protest launched by social activist Anna Hazare. "Corruption is a phenomenon that affects the entire civil society and therefore Anna Hazare's desire that civil society plays an important role in defining the...
05:55 PM, Apr 09, 2011
