2012 Commencement Speaker
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N. R. Narayana Murthy is the founder of Infosys Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He founded Infosys in 1981, served as the CEO during 1981-2002, and as the chairman and chief mentor during 1981-2011. Under Mr. Murthy's leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He is currently the chairman emeritus of Infosys.
Mr. Murthy articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model which has become the foundation for the huge success in IT services outsourcing from India. He has led key corporate governance initiatives in India. In addition, Mr. Murthy is an IT advisor to several Asian countries.
Mr. Murthy serves on the boards of HSBC, Ford Foundation and the United Nations Foundation. He served as a member of the Unilever board between 2007 and 2010. Mr. Murthy also serves on the boards of Wharton School, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Rhodes Trust, and International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore.
The Economist ranked Mr. Murthy among the 10 most-admired global business leaders in 2005. He topped the Economic Times list of India’s most powerful CEO’s for three consecutive years: 2004 to 2006. Mr. Murthy was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India, the Legion d’honneur by the Government of France, and the CBE by the British government. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young’s World Entrepreneur of the year award and the Max Schmidheiny Liberty Prize, and he has appeared in the rankings of businessmen and innovators published by India Today, Business Standard, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Time, CNN, Fortune, and Financial Times. Mr. Murthy is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He has been honored with more than 25 honorary doctorates from universities in India and abroad. |
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