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(Reference Material for Questions on Four Giants in Indian Industry for Abhiyan-2009Quiz Competition)

Dr. M. VISVESVARAYA

Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

Born : September 15, 1860

Muddenahalli, Chikballapur Taluk,Chikballapur District, Karnataka

Died : April 14, 1962 (aged 101)

Bangalore

Occupation : Engineer, Diwan of Mysore

Website : Visvesvarayya in Karnataka.com

Sir Mokshagundam Visweswaraiah, KCIE (other spellings include Visvesvaraya, Visweswaraia

Vishweshwaraiah; Kannada: ; 15 September1860 - 14 April1962) was an emine

Indian engineer and statesman. He is a recipient of the Indian republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna,1955. He was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory and is a public holiday in some placeespecially his birth state Karnataka.

Biography

Early years

Sir M. V. was born to Srinivasa Sastry and Venkachamma at Muddenahalli village, Chikkaballapur TaluChikballapur District of present-day Karnataka, in what was then the princely state of Mysore. His fathSrinivasa Sastry was a Sanskrit scholar and an authority on the Hindu scriptures, besides being an Ayurvedpractitioner. Sir M. V.'s ancestors actually hailed from the village of Mokshagundam nearGiddalur in tPrakasam District of present-day Andhra Pradesh; they had migrated to Mysore state perhaps three centuriago. The family name "Mokshagundam", preserves the memory of this distant association.

The young Visweswaraiah lost his father at the age of 15. The family was resident at Kurnool of AndhPradesh when this calamity befell them; they moved back to Muddenahalli immediately thereafter. Sir M. V

attended primary school at Chikballapur and high school at Bangalore. He earned his B.A. from MadrUniversity in 1881 and later studied civil engineering at the College of Science, Pune, now known as tCollege of Engineering, Pune (COEP).

Career as engineer

Upon graduating as an engineer, Visweswaraiah took up a job with the Public Works Department (PWD) Bombay now known as Mumbai, and was later invited to join the Indian Irrigation Commission. Himplemented an extremely intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area. He also designed and patented

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system of automatic weir water floodgates, which were first installed in 1903, at the Khadakvasla reservoir nePune. These gates were employed to raise the flood supply level of storage in the reservoir to the highest levlikely to be attained by its flood, without causing any damage to the dam. Based on the success of these gatethe same system was installed at the Tigra dam in Gwaliorand the Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) dam in Mysore

Visweswaraiah achieved celebrity status when he designed a flood protection system to protect the city Hyderabad from floods. He was also instrumental in developing a system to protect Visakhapatnam port frosea erosion.

Sir M. V. supervised the construction of the KRS dam across the Kaveri River from concept to inauguratioThis dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia at the time it was built. Sir MV was rightly called the "Father modern Mysore state" (now Karnataka): he was responsible for building the very first electricity generatioplant in Asia at Shivanasamudra near Mysore in 1894. During his period of service with the Government Mysore state, he was responsible for founding, under the aegis of that government, of the Mysore Soafactory, the Parasitoide laboratory, the Bhadravati Steel factory, the SJP Polytechnic Institute, the BangaloAgricultural University, the State Bank of Mysore, the Mysore sugar mills and numerous other industr

ventures. He also encouraged private investment in industry during his tenure as Diwan of Mysore. He wknown for sincerity, time management and dedication to the cause. He was also instrumental in charting othe plan for road construction between Thirumala and Tirupati.

As the Diwan of Mysore

After taking voluntary retirement in 1908, Visweswaraiah was appointed Diwan, or First Minister, of the princestate ofMysore, one of the largest and most important in India. With the support ofKrishnaraja Wodeyar IMaharaja of Mysore, Visweswaraiah made an arguably unprecedented contribution as Diwan to the all-roundevelopment of the State. Not only the Krishnaraja Sagara dam and reservoir, but also the hydroelectprojects at Shivanasamudram, the steel mills at Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institu(SJP) at Bangalore, the University of Mysore and many other industries and public works owe their inception

active nurture to him. He was instrumental in the founding of the "Government Engineering College" Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India. This institution was later named t"University Viswesvarayya College of Engineering" (UVCE) after its founder; it remains one of the moreputed institutes of engineering in Karnataka.

Honours

While he was Diwan of Mysore, Visvesvarayya was made Knight Commanderofthe Order of the Indian Empire by the British for his myriad contributions to thepublic good. After India attained independence, Sir M. Visvesvarayya was giventhe nation's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955.

Sir M.V. was honoured with honorary membership of the international Institution of CEngineers (based in London) and a fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science (basin Bangalore). He was also awarded several honorary doctoral degrees like D.SLL.D., D.Litt. from various Universities in India. He was president of the 1923 sessioof the Indian Science Congress...


The Bharat Ratna medal

The Knight CommanderOf The Indian Empire

medal
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The family temple at Muddenahalli

The Hanuman deity discovered by Sir M. V.'s mother. It is now at the Hanuman Temple at Muddenahalli

There is an interesting true story about how Sir M.V.'s mother discovered a stone that had an image carvinto it. One day, when she was returning home by bullock cart, she noticed a stone lying in a field at the edgof the road. A few days later, she found the stone still there. After several trips past the stone, she stopped tbullock cart one day and asked the villagers who the stone belonged to. The villagers did not know who thstone belonged to nor how it had got there. The stone was taken to her house and she had a tempconstructed which exists to this day.

Memorial at Muddenahalli

There is a beautiful and very picturesque memorial of Sir M. V. located on the family-owned land at Muddenahalli, with the Nandi Hills as a backdrop.

Institutions in his honour

Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology (popularly known as Sir M.V.I.T),Bangalore is named after Sir M.V

The University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore popularly known as UVCE, is a

engineering college affiliated to the Bangalore University, established in the year 1917, by Bharat RatnSir M. Visvesvaraya. The college was renamed University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering from earlier name University College of Engineering, Bangalore in honour of its illustrious founder Sir. Visvesvaraya.

Visweswaraiah National Institute of Technology (V.N.I.T.), Nagpur (Formerly Visvesvaraya Region

College of Engineering) was established in the early 1960s in his honour. The college is among the el

17 National Institutes of Technology (Formerly Regional Engineering Colleges) in India The Visweswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum, to which nearly all engineering colleges

Karnataka are now affiliated The Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore, set up as part of his bi

centenary celebrations Vishweshwaraya Iron and Steel Limited, a public sector undertaking, in the founding of which he wa

instrumental

His alma mater, the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) has erected a statue in his memory and honour otheir campus in central Pune, immediately outside the historic COEP administration building..

Inspiring anecdotes

This happened some years ago in the United States of America. Some Indians stood at the foot of a seventfive-foot ladder in a factory. They were visiting important factories in the States to study their working.

Officers of the factory were with them, explaining how the factory worked In one part Of the factory, the officsaid "If you want to see how this machine works you will have to climb to the top,"

That meant that they had to climb up the seventy-five-foot ladder, past four stories.


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The leader of the Indians was "Very well, let us climb," he said.

The others were very much surprised. He was the oldest of them all; most of them trembled at the thought climbing up the steel ladder.

The old gentleman briskly stepped towards the ladder, and started to climb. Many of the others stayed back.few followed as a matter of duty, but some of them soon gave it up. The old gentleman reached the tocompleted the inspection and briskly climbed down. Only three others completed the feat.

It was always so with the gentleman - anything he undertook he did systematically and very well. No difficulany danger could keep him back.

The old gentleman went up the ladder!

He was Doctor Sri M. Visvesvaraya -or, Sir M.V., as he was popularly known.

The Krishnarajasagara Dam - or KR or Brindavana, as it is also called - has amazed and enchanted thousandof visitors from all countries. It is one of the biggest dams in India. It waters a hundred and twenty thousanacres of land. It supplies electricity to hundreds of towns and villages.

The Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works is today an asset to India.

The sandal oil and the sandal soap of Mysore are famous all over the world. The Mysore Sandal Oil Factoand the Mysore Soap Factory export sandal oil and sandal soap to many countries.

Mysore University is one of the oldest in India. The State Bank of Mysore (it was first named the Bank Mysore) has branches, not only all over Karnataka, but also in every big city in India.

The man who gave even one of these would deserve admiration and gratitude.

But all these were the gifts of one man - and he gave these to his country about fifty-five years ago, whenwas still not free and when few people here cared to study science.

This great man, this worker of miracles, this Bhagiratha of Karnataka, this Bharata Ratna (the Gem of Indiwas Sri M.V.



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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata

Born

July 29, 1904

Paris, France

Died

November 29, 1993 (aged 89)

Geneva, Switzerland

Occupation

Industrialist

Spouse(s)

Thelma Vicaji

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India. He was awardeIndia's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1992.

Early life

J.R.D. Tata was born in Paris, France, the second child of Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, an Indian Parsi, and hFrench wife, Suzanne "Sooni" Brire. His father was a first cousin of Jamsetji Tata, a pioneer industrialist India. 'Jeh', or 'JRD' as he was commonly known, came to be regarded as the most famous industrial pionein modern India. As his mother was French, he spent much of his childhood in France and as a result, Frenwas his first language. Tata also attended the French Foreign Legion. He attended the Cathedral and Joh

Connon School, Bombay (now Mumbai).

J.R.D. Tata was inspired early by aviation pioneer Louis Blriot, and took to flying. In 1929 Tata got the fipilot license issued in India. He later came to be known as the father of Indian civil aviation. He founded Indiafirst commercial airline, 'Tata Airlines', in 1932, which in 1946 became Air India, now India's national airline.

Businessman

J.R.D. Tata studied engineering at the University of Cambridge. He did not continue beyond matriculation amentioned in his biography, by Mr R M Lala.

At the age of 34, he became Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding Company the Tata Group. For five decades, J R D directed the huge Tata Group companies, with major interests in Steel, Engineering, Power,Chemicals aHospitality. He was famous for succeeding in business while maintaining hiethical standards - refusing to bribe politicians or use the black market. UndJ R D's Chairmanship, the number of companies in the Tata Group, grew fro15 to over 100. Monetarily, the assets of Tata group grew from Rs 62 croresover Rs 10000 crores.


J.R.D. with successor Ratan Tata.
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He was awarded the Legion d'honneur, by the French Government in 1954. In 1979, Tata was the recipient the Tony Jannus Award for his distinguished contributions to commercial aviation. He also received tprestigious Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. He was conferred India's highest civilian award in 1992 fhis service to industry and nation building. He died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1993 at the age of 89. He buried at Pre Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

JRD the human aspect (from biography written by Shirin Kumaana-Wadia)

Aloo Bhartania, JRDs former secretary, reminisces: He was most perturbed about the way people carelessused articles - a, an and the. An article has such significance, he often said.

The non-chauvinist and romantic Jeh surfaces now and then. When asked whether he missed having a soJRD had famously replied: I miss not having a daughter.

She adds: Each day from the large bouquet of fresh flowers in his room, hed pick a rose and take it home fhis ailing wife (Thelma who he married in Paris in 1930) every single day.

He loved to live dangerously, says Bhartania, asking, Had he not piloted a plane at 78, skied on thmountains and performed the most difficult workouts in the gym in his house nearly till the end?

Russi Lala, who has written multiple biographies of JRD, says: He was in essence a very great human beinThere was this undeniable aura about him wherever he went.

During his tenure, JRD initiated a program of closer "employee association with management" to give workea stronger voice in the affairs of the company. He, for the first time, pioneered the system of developinemployee welfare schemes in corporate India and steered the principles of an eight-hour working day, fremedical aid, workers' provident fund and accident compensation schemes, which were later, adopted statutory requirements in India.

JRD and his wife, Thelma, whom he married after a Paris romance in 1930, did not have any children, but JRalways appeared most comfortable with kids.

Notes :

An aviatoris a man who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession.

A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, orindustrialist, is a person whohas reached a prominent place in a particular industry (or set of industries) and whose wealth has beenderived primarily therefrom.



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Dhirubhai Ambani

Born

December 28, 1932

Chorwad, Gujarat, British India

Died

July 6, 2002 (aged 68)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation

Industrialist | Entrepreneur

Spouse(s)

Kokilaben Ambani

Children

Mukesh Ambani,Anil Ambani, Nina Kothari, Deepti Salgaonkar

Website - www.ril.com

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian rags-to-riches business tycoon wfounded Reliance Industries inMumbai with his cousin. Ambani took his company (Reliance) public in 197and by 2007 the combined fortune of the family (sons Anil & Mukesh) was 6 billion dollars, making the Ambanone of the richest families in the world.

Early life

Dhirubhai Ambani was born at Chorwad, Junagadh(now the state ofGujarat, India) to Hirachand GordhanbhAmbani and Jamnaben in aModh Bania family of modest means. He was the second son of a school teacheWhen he was 16 years old, he moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked with A. Besse & Co. for a salary of Rs.30Two years later, A. Besse & Co. became the distributors forShell products, and Dhirubhai was promoted manage the companys filling station at the port ofAden.

He was married to Kokilaben and had two sons, Mukesh and Anil and two daughters, Nina Kothari and DeeSalgaonkar.

Reliance Commercial Corporation

In 1962, Dhirubhai returned to India and started the Reliance Commercial Corporation with a capital Rs.15,000.00. The primary business of Reliance Commercial Corporation was to import polyester yarn anexport spices.

The business was setup in partnership with Champaklal Damani, his second cousin, who used to be with hin Aden, Yemen. The first office of the Reliance Commercial Corporation was set up at the Narsinatha StreetMasjid Bunder. It was 350 sq ft. room with a telephone, one table and three chairs. Initially, they had twassistants to help them with their business. In 1965, Champaklal Damani and Dhirubhai Ambani ended the

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partnership and Dhirubhai started on his own. It is believed that both had different temperaments anddifferent take on how to conduct business. While Mr. Damani was a cautious trader and did not believe building yarn inventories, Dhirubhai was a known risk taker and he considered that building inventorieanticipating a price rise, and making profits. In 1968, he moved to an upmarket apartment at Altamount RoainSouth Mumbai.

Reliance Textiles

Sensing a good opportunity in the textile business, Dhirubhai started his first textile mill at Naroda, Ahmedabad in the year 1977. Textiles were manufactured using polyester fibre yarn. Dhirubhai started thbrand "Vimal", which was named after his elder brother Ramaniklal Ambani's son, Vimal Ambani. Extensimarketing of the brand "Vimal" in the interiors of India made it a household name. Franchise retail outlets westarted and they used to sell "only Vimal" brand of textiles. In the year 1975, a Technical team from the WoBank visited the Reliance Textiles' Manufacturing unit. This unit has the rare distinction of being certified "excellent even by developed country standards"during that period.

Initial public offering

Dhirubhai Ambani is credited with starting the equity cult in India. Dhirubhai was abto convince large number of small investors from rural Gujarat that being shareholdeof his company would be profitable.

Reliance Industries was the first private sector company whose Annual GeneMeetings were held in stadiums. In 1986, The Annual General Meeting of RelianIndustries was held in Cross Maidan, Mumbai and was attended by more than 35,0shareholders and the Reliance family.

Dhirubhai Ambani was the unquestioned king of the stock markets. He proved to his detractors just ho

dangerous it was to play with Reliance.

Over time, Dhirubhai diversified his business with the core specialisation being in petrochemicals aadditional interests in telecommunications, information technology,energy,power, retail, textiles,infrastructuservices,capital markets, and logistics. The company as a whole was described by the BBC as "a busineempire".

Criticism

He has been accused of acting unethically, having manipulated government policies to suit his own needs, anhas been known to be a king-maker in government elections. Although most media sources tend to speak oabout business-politics nexus, the Ambani house has always enjoyed more protection and shelter from th

media storms that sweep across the country.

Tussle with Nusli Wadia

Nusli Wadia ofBombay Dyeing was, at one point in time, the biggest competitor of Dhirubhai and RelianIndustries. Both Nusli Wadia and Dhirubhai were known for their influence in the political circles and their abilito get the most difficult licenses approved during the times of pre-liberalized economy.

Death


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Dhirubhai Ambani was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on June 24, 2002 after he sufferedmajor stroke. This was his second stroke, the first one had occurred in February 1986 and had kept his righand paralyzed. He was in a state of coma for more than a week. A battery of doctors were unable to save hlife. He breathed his last breath onJuly 6,2002, at around 11:50 P.M. (Indian Standard Time).

His funeral procession was not only attended by business people, politicians and celebrities but also thousands of ordinary people. His elder son, Mukesh Ambani, performed the last rites as perHindu traditionHe was cremated at the Chandanwadi Crematorium in Mumbai at around 4:30 PM (Indian Standard Time) oJuly 7, 2002.

Relience after Dhirubhai

The Reliance empire was split between the Ambani brothers, Mukesh Ambani getting RIL and IPCL & hyounger sibling Anil Ambani heading Reliance Capital, Reliance Energy and Reliance Infocomm. The entheaded by Mukesh Ambani is referred to as the Reliance Industries Limited whereas Anil's Group has beerenamed Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)

Film

A film alleged to be inspired by the life of Dhirubhai Ambani was released on 12th January 2007. The HinFilm Guru, with direction byMani Ratnam, cinematography by Rajiv Menon and music by A.R.Rahmanshowthe struggle of a man striving to make his mark in the Indian business world with a fictional Shakti Group Industries. The film stars Abhishek Bacchan, Mithun Chakraborty,Aishwarya Rai,Madhavan and Vidya BalaIn the film, Abhishek Bachchan plays Guru Kant Desai,a character implicitly based on Dhirubhai AmbanMithun Chakraborty portrays Manikda who bears an uncanny resemblance to the real life Ramanath Goenand Madhvan portrays S. Gurumurthy, who twenty years ago, gained national fame, spearheading viruleattacks against the Reliance group in one of India's bloodiest corporate wars ever. The film also portrays thstrength of Dhirubhai Ambani with the help of the character of Guru Kant Desai. "GURUBHAI" the name giv

to Abhishek Bachchan is also similar to the original name "DHIRUBHAI."

Awards and recognitions

November 2000 Conferred 'Man of the Century' award by Chemtech Foundation and Chemic

Engineering World in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of tchemical industry in India

2000, 1998 and 1996 Featured among 'Power 50 - the most powerful people in Asia by Asiawe

magazine. June 1998 - Dean's Medal by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, for setting

outstanding example of leadership. Dhirubhai Ambani has the rare distinction of being the first Indian get Wharton School Dean's Medal[17]

August 2001 The Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence forLifetime Achievement Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Man of 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers

Commerce and Industry (FICCI). A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted Him "Greatest Creator of Wealth In Th

Centuries". He is the true son of India'

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N. R. Narayana Murthy

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy

Born : August 20, 1946 (age 62)

Mysore, Karnataka,India

Occupation : Non Executive Chairman & Chief Mentor ofInfosys

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (Kannada: ) better known as

R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist, software engineer and one of the seven founders of InfosTechnologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India. He is currently the non-executivChairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys. He was the CEO of the company for 21 years, from 1981 to 2002. Aftstepping down as CEO in 2002, he has broadened his scope of activities to social services as well apromoting India globally.

Murthy's corporate and social vision has been appreciated globally and he is the recipient of several awardincludingPadma Vibushan - India's second highest civilian award.

Early life

Born into a Kannada MadhvaBrahmin family in Mysore, India on August 20, 1946, Murthy graduated withdegree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore in 1967 aftattending government school, and received his master's degree from IIT Kanpurin 1969.

His first position was at IIM Ahmedabad as chief systems programmerwhere he worked on a time-sharisystem and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for ECIL (Electronics Corporation of India Limited

AfterIIM Ahmedabad, he then joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune. Before moving to Mumbai, Murthy mhis wife Sudha Murthy in Pune who at the time was an engineer working at Tata Engineering and LocomotiCo. Ltd. (Telco, now known as Tata Motors) in Pune. In 1981, he founded Infosys with six other softwaprofessionals. He served as president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies, Indfrom 1992 to 1994. Mr. Murthy is the brother-in-law of serial entrepreneur Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande and thuncle of formerNASSCOM Chairman and MphasiS chiefJerry Rao

Corporate Profile

Murthy served as the founderCEO of Infosys for 21 years, and was succeeded by co-founderNandan Nilekain March 2002. He is the chairman of the governing body of the International Institute of InformatiTechnology - Bangalore, and was the Chairman of the Governing Body of theIndian Institute of Manageme

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Ahmedabad. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD, Board of Overseers of thUniversity of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Cornell University Board of Trustees, Business Advisory CounofGreat Lakes Institute of Management - Chennai, Singapore Management University Board of Trustees athe Board of Advisors for the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School Business. Mr. Murthy also sits on the Board of Governors of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM),graduate school of business located in the Philippines and is also the Chairman of the Board of Members School of Management,Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) located in Bangkok, Thailand. He is the chairmaof the, Asia Business Council, an organization headquartered in Hong Kong.

He is also a member of the Advisory Boards and Councils of various well-known universities such as thStanford Graduate School of Business, the Corporate Governance initiative at the Harvard Business SchoYaleUniversity and the University of Tokyos President's Council.

Murthy serves as an independent director on the board of the DBS Bank of Singapore. This is the largegovernment-owned bank in Singapore. He also serves as a director on the Central Board of the Reserve Baof India, as the co-chairman of the Indo-British Partnership, as a member of the Prime Minister's council o

trade and industry, as a member of the Asia Advisory Board of British Telecommunications plc. and asmember of the Board ofNDTV, India. He also serves as an independent director on the board of the EuropeFMCG giantUnilever. He is an IT advisor to several Asian countries. He is also an Independent Director on thboard ofHSBC.

He retired from his executive position at Infosys on 20th August, 2006. However, he continues as the NoExecutive Chairman of the board.

Controversies

Narayana Murthy's trait of plain-speak and honesty has landed him in many altercations with local politicleaders. While the political leaders insist that Narayana Murthy was eyeing India's presidential nominatio

Narayana Murthy has repeated many times that he has no interest in politics.[4][5]

The formerPresident of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam visited Infosys campus on April 8, 2007and during tevent, the instrumental version of the Indian national anthem was played instead of a recital. Whennewsreporter asked for explanation, Narayana Murthy replied that he didn't want to embarrass his foreigguests leading to protests from various a wide section of politicians and social activitists. Narayana Murthquickly apologized for the incident[6] but political parties insisted on action against him.[7][8] While the lowcourts issued summons to Murthy for explanation, the High Court of Karnataka quashed all proceedings on tcase because of lack of any substance in the charges against Murthy. The controversy however deflecteattention from the fact that Abdul Kalam thought highly of Narayana Murthy for the post of President of India. [

Narayana Murthy was critical of the bandh (forced closure of business) call by politicians protesting against t

decision of the Kaveri river water dispute[11] leading to protests from political activists against Murthy. [12][8] Earlin 2005, Deve Gowda, former Indian PM, accused Murthy of "double-talk" when Murthy expressed hconcerns on the state of Bangalore infrastructure. In response, Murthy resigned from the post of Chairman fthe then upcoming greenfield International airport project (BIAL) taking offense to the assertion that he didspend adequate time in the project. Murthy also replied to every point raised by Gowda on land acquisition Infosys leading the ex-PM to go silent. As Chairman of The Indian Institute of Management, AhmedabaNarayana Murthy spoke his mind on the Human Resource Development Ministry's action to reduce admissi

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fee as well as the move to decline permission to the institute for setting up of global campus. In both cases, thHRD ministers had to concede to Murthy after public spats.

Lately Narayana Murthy was caught in another controversy when he made some "tainted" remarks on Satya

and its employees.

Quotes

Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility a

grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation,

The real power of money is the power to give it away.

Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.

"Ships are safest in the harbor but they are not meant to be there. They have to sail long and hard a

face stormy seas to reach the comfort of a desirable destination"

Awards

Padma Shri

Padma Vibhushan

Officer of the Legion of Honour - Government of France

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