Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys in 1981 and served as its CEO until 2002 and Chairman until 2011. He obtained engineering and business degrees in India and worked in the IT industry before starting Infosys. Infosys grew from 7 employees and $250 to a global company listed on the NASDAQ with over 200,000 employees. Murthy helped establish India as a major player in the global outsourcing industry and received many honors for his work and philanthropy.

1. NARAYANA MURTHY
“ Man with Strength &
Confidence”

2. TEAM MEMBERS
1261- Ajesh Raj (Leader)
1271- Rajendra Devkar
1281- Hilda Merline
1291- Geeta Priya
1301- Sumit Rajdhar
1311- Jyoti Surywanshi
1321- Snehal Zanzarakia
1381- Rahul Surve

3. INTRODUCTION
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (N.R Narayana Murthy)
Born on August 20, 1946, Mysore, Karnataka.
Father – school teacher.
Served as CEO of Infosys Limited from 1981-2002.
From 2002-2011 he served as the Chairman of Infosys Limited.
Now he is serving as the Chairman Emeritus.

4. PERSONAL LIFE
Wife Sudha Kulkarni Murthy – Indian
social worker and accomplished author.
2 Children - Rohan & Akshata.

5. EARLY START
Obtained his degree in Electrical Engineering from National
Institute Of Engineering, University of Mysore in 1967.
Received Master‟s Degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969.
1st Job at IIM Ahmedabad where he worked as Chief System
Programmer.

6. Contd…
After that he started a company named Softronics in 1976 and
that company failed to perform well.
Then he joined Patni Computers Systems in Pune.
Founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital injection of
Rs.10,000 which was invested by his wife Mrs. Sudha Murty.

7. Rise of INFOSYS
“Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values”
Founded on 2nd July, 1981
Founders:
• N.R. Narayana Murthy
• Nandan Nilekani
• N.S. Raghavan
• Kris Gopalakrishnan
• S.D. Shibulal
• K. Dinesh
• Ashok Arora
INR 10,000

8. Group Pictures

9. Rise of INFOSYS
Started with 7 software developers in Pune with Rs.10,000
borrowed from Narayan Murthy‟s wife.
The Company was given the name “Infosys Consultant Pvt
Ltd.” in Raghavan‟s house in Model Colony,
Pune.
Infosys was the 1st Indian company
to be listed on NASDAQ.

10. Establishment Of Infosys
Infosys has Software Development
Center’s in the following locations:
* Bangalore - Head Office *New Delhi
* Bhubaneshwar * Gurgaon
* Chandigarh *Hyderabad
* Chennai * Mumbai
* Jaipur *Pune - Largest
* Mangalore * Thiruvananthapuram
* Mysore - Training Location

11. CORPORATE LIFE
CEO from 1981-2002 Infosys, 1st Indian Company to be listed in
NASDAQ in 1999.
Board of Director HSBC, Ford Foundation and Rhode Trust.
2007-2010 Member of Unilever Board
2002-2012 Chairman of IIT Bangalore
2002-2007 Chairman of IIM Ahmedabad
Board of Director Cornell University, Singapore Management
University, INSEAD(Paris) and Wharton
School and the Graduate School of
Business at Stanford University.

12. Mysore Training Center
* Infosys Technologies has built the world's Largest Corporate Education
Center in the World located in Mysore.
*It is spread over area of 1.44 million sq. ft.
*It is built by Shobha Developers, one of reputed architect solutions'
company.
*Infosys GEC I and II can train 14,000 employees at any given time.
*Facility has 147 training rooms, 485 faculty rooms, 42 conference rooms,
five assessment halls, an induction hall, a cyber café and two state-of-the-
art libraries which can house over 140,000 books.

13. Contd…
Seven food courts that can cater to approximately 10,871
people at any given time.
The Employee Care Center (ECC) on campus houses a
large gymnasium, badminton and squash courts, table
tennis, pool and snooker tables, an aerobics center, a
swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a bowling alley, a rock
climbing wall, a meditation hall, a bank, an eight-lane
bowling alley and a laundromat with industrial type
washer extractors and coin-operated washing machines,
a company store and a medical center.

14. Contd…
The key highlight of the Mysore campus
is its multiplex and auditorium
complex.
The total capacity of this complex is
1,491 seats.
The auditorium has state-of-the-art
digital projection systems and audio
systems along with the best acoustic
arrangements.

15. Mysore Training Center

16. Achievements By Infosys
2010 2011 2012
The most admired Indian Wins 2011 Global Most Infosys has been identified as an
company: The Wall Street Admired Knowledge innovation leader in India in
Journal Asia 200 survey. Enterprises (MAKE) Award - KPMG‟s 2012 Global Technology
the first and only Indian Innovation Survey
company to win the award
eight times
Ranked 2nd in The Ranked 4th in the 2011 Bliss Infosys was honored with the No. 1
International Association of Leap Awards Company for Investor Relations in
Outsourcing Professionals India at the Thomson Reuters
'Global Outsourcing 100' Extel Survey Awards 2011.
Wins the "Most Dynamically Ranked No. 1 in all the 4 Ranked at the „1st place‟ in the IT
Developing BPO Center in categories - Best IR website, Services & Software sector at
Poland" award from Forbes Best Online Annual Report, the 2012 Institutional Investors
Magazine Best Financial Disclosure and All-Asia Executive Team under the
Best Corporate Governance following categories:
Practices at the 2011 IR Global • Best Investor Relations
Rankings in India. nominated by the buy-side.
• Best Investor Relations
nominated by the sell-side.

17. Awards to Narayan Murthy
Year Name Awarding Organization
2011 NDTV Indian of the Year's NDTV
Icon of India
2010 Institute of Electrical and
IEEE Honorary Membership
Electronics Engineers
2009 Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Award for International Center for
Corporate Citizenship Scholars
2008 Padma Vibhushan President of India
2008 Officer of the Legion of Government of France
Honor
2007 Commander of the Order of Government of United
the British EmpireCBE) Kingdom
2000 Padma Shri President of India