Narendra Modi has found a new fan in Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy who praised the Gujarat Chief Minister and called him one of India's finest administrators. ...
09:06 AM, May 14, 2013
Targetting $300 billion revenue from IT sector by 2020, the industry representative body Nasscom on Monday announced expansion of its focus to include internet, mobile technology and cloud computing. ...
12:24 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented his eighth budget on Thursday, the last before the 2014 elections. Experts have called it a balancing budget aimed at reviving growth amid an economic slowdown. Reacting to the Budget, Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy has questioned the laid back attitude of successive governments. ...
09:02 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram's 'safety first' Budget has got a mixed response. While some say he is salvaging a bad situation, the Opposition has called it a missed opportunity. When asked whether the Budget is an adequate response to the challenge that the Indian economy is facing, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "Well I don't think it's an adequate response. The Finance Minister and the UPA had pushed the economy...
08:00 AM, Mar 01, 2013
R Narayana Murthy has been directing and producing a film based on the Delhi gang rape issue which has been titled as 'Kalakattha Kaali'. ...
12:12 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Narayana Murthy, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Mohandas Pai have joined a citizen's forum called the Bangalore Political Action Committee which will work for improving governance and people's participation in the city. ...
08:15 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy on Friday called for speedy trials, saying inordinate delay in justice delivery is making the public lose faith in judiciary. Citing the example of Satyam Computer promoter Ramalinga Raju, who is awaiting trial even after four years of his being charge-sheeted for accounting fraud at the erstwhile IT major, he said cases should be decided faster. ...
03:21 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Infosys Chairman Narayana Murthy has said that value-based education should be made a part of the school curriculum. ...
08:45 AM, Jan 04, 2013
New Delhi: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Tuesday clarified that no funds were donated to the Public Cause Research Foundation, an organisation led by IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal for any political activities as reported by a section of the media. "When Kejriwal approached me in September 2012 asking for financial assistance, I declined. Hence, I have not financially supported Mr Kejriwal's political activities," stated Murthy. A released statement had...
03:58 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Tata Social Welfare Trust (TSWT) on Monday said it did not donate any money for political activities to the Arvind Kejriwal founded NGO -- Public Cause Research Foundation. It, however, said TSWT had in 2008 agreed to grant Rs 1.25 crore for a five-year period to institute National RTI Awards by the NGO but turned down request for using some of the money for other purposes. TWST...
07:40 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has been conferred with the prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal in recognition of his philanthropic activities in India. Former US Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and James Earl Carter are among some of the prominent recipients of this annual award established in 1930 to recognize great, unselfish and non-technical services by the engineers to humanity. Murthy was awarded with the prestigious award on October 2...
09:00 AM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Chief Secretary of Haryana on Monday dismissed reports that talked of the involvement of Naxals in violence that rocked Maruti's Manesar plant last week. He said the operations will resume very soon. "I don't know... We should leave that to the investigation team. Some of the things are pretty far fetched (reports of Naxal involvement). As soon as the management is in a position to, the operations...
07:20 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Joining the likes of NR Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to blame the Indian government for policy inaction, UK-based NRI billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal has said the country is potentially condemning millions to remain in poverty by not helping industrialisation. "Industrialisation is an important part of every major economy's development and by risking progress in this way, India is potentially condemning hundreds of millions to remain in poverty...
08:59 AM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: After the World Bank cut India's growth forecast to 6.9 per cent in 2012-2013, India Inc leaders have expressed concern over the political situation in the country. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji said, 'We are working without a leader as a country. If we do not change, we would be down for years.' The World Bank has cut India's growth forecast to 6.9 percent in 2012-2013 citing monetary policies,...
11:14 AM, Jun 13, 2012
Hyderabad: Refusing to be drawn into the debate over presidential candidature, Infosys mentor NR Narayana Murthy on Monday said the decision of choosing the best candidate should be left to leaders of political parities. "There are leaders of various political parties who are very competent, who know the situation very well and they will take the best decision and select the best candidate. "Therefore, I do not think any of...
04:24 PM, May 07, 2012
New York: Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy is among the 12 "greatest entrepreneurs of our time" according to a Fortune magazine list that is topped by Apple's late chief Steve Jobs. It includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for turning "concepts into companies" and changing the "face of business". The US publication said as the "visionary founder" of Infosys, Murthy has built "one of the largest...
04:39 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Bangalore: Ahead of the presentation of the Union budget, software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Monday urged the government to make it easier for businesses to grow and foreign direct investment, among others. On his wish-list for the budget, the Chairman Emeritus of software major Infosys, told reporters here that if the government can do whatever is needed to accelerate the country's progress in basic and higher education, in the...
03:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Bangalore: Are India s corrupt and the dishonest becoming role-models for youngsters of the country? Software icon NR Narayana Murthy believes so. "The number of role-models that our youngsters can look up to is decreasing. How many people in our public life can you be proud of for honesty, courage, commitment and hardwork? And that number is dwindling , the Co-Founder of Infosys Ltd said. "Our youngsters don t have...
08:53 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Mumbai: Calling on the youth to "co-operate" with government in fighting the corruption, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said branding the entire bureaucracy and the political leadership as corrupt was not correct. "Tarring the entire bureaucracy or tarring the entire political leadership as being corrupt is not the right way," Murthy said, speaking at a seminar `Youth for Governance', organised by the Public Concern for the Governance Trust....
01:39 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Bangalore: Software icon and Infosys' founder NR Narayana Murthy on Monday said he was hopeful that the draft of Lokpal bill, expected to be tabled in the Parliament in a day or two, would satisfy all well meaning citizens. "Mr Anna Hazare, his team and the government have been in talks and they are discussing. I am positive that they will come out with something that will satisfy all the...
09:38 PM, Dec 19, 2011
