PRESENTED BY:

JINTO VARGHESE

MASSITHA M K

NARAYANA MURTHY

“Man with

strength &

confidence”

PROFILE

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana murthy

Born – August 20,1946 in Mysore, Karnataka

Father - school teacher

Obtained his degree in Electrical Engg. from

the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore

University,1967

Received Master’s Degree from IIT

Kanpur,1969

CAREER

First position was at IIM Ahmedabad as Chief

Systems Programmer

Served as CEO of Infosys Limited from 1981-

2002

From 2002-2011 served as the chairman of

Infosys Ltd

In 2011 , became chairman of Emeritus

In 2013, appointed as additional Director &

Executive Chairman of the Board for 5 years

A God Father of India’s software industry

Believes giving away money is just as import

as making it

One of the India’s prominent philanthropist

Committed to helping struggling people

Work with a non profit striving to improve the

voter databases in India to strengthen the

nation’s Democratic system

He comes from a humble background and he

continues to lead a simple life

Also, he had the opportunity to lead a public

life

But he declined an offer from formal PM A B

Vajpayee to join the govt.

He had then felt Infosys needed him more

PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES

Founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital

injection of Rs.10,000 invested by his wife

Used his position of influence to rights

awareness around social issues

Helped in the areas of health care, education,

culture, care for the destitute and rural

development

Involved with a project to construct a school

building in a remote area of the Southern state

of AP

Raising funds for a midday meal program for

the poor

Also have contributed to a number of

universities in the United States

AWARDS

Winner - 2012 James C Morgan Global

Humanitarian Award

The Tech Awards Gala

2012 Hoover Medal in recognition of his

philanthropic activity

2008 - Padma Vibhushan

2000 - Padma Shri

BOOKS

A Better India, A Better

World, Penguin Books,

2009