The Convocation Speech
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana
Murthy (20 August 1946) commonly referred to as Narayana
Murthy, is an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation providing
business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. Murthy
studied electrical engineering at the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore, and M. Tech at the Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur.
Before starting Infosys,
Murthy worked with Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad as chief systems
programmer and Patni Computer Systems in Pune (Maharashtra). He started Infosys
in 1981 and served as its CEO from 1981 to 2002 and as chairman from 2002 to
2011. In 2011, he stepped down from the board and became Chairman Emeritus. On
1 June 2013, Murthy was appointed as Additional Director and Executive Chairman
of the board for a period of five years.
Murthy has been listed
among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by Fortune magazine. He
has been described as Father of Indian IT sector by Time magazine due to
his contribution to outsourcing in India. Murthy has also been honoured with
the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards.
He
hailed the giant strides made by the country on various fronts but rued
that lakhs of Indians are still mired in poverty, illiteracy, ill-health and
malnutrition at the sidelines of the convocation of Jawaharlal Nehru Technology
University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) on 7th May 2012. Earlier, the JNTUH conferred the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Murthy.
Never before did the world think India had
something to contribute to the global community other than spices. Our economy
is growing at more than seven per cent for the last three years, highest since
1947. India has become the software development centreoftheworld.
Our foreign exchange reserves are around USD 300 billion, he said. However, we have another India steeped in poverty, illiteracy, ill-health and malnutrition and without hope and confidence in the future, for no fault of hers. He maintained that corruption in political system often kills the enthusiasm of bright youngsters.
We have created a political system with incentives for most of our politicians with notable exceptions to keep our people poor, illiterate and helpless. We have consistently been among the lowly-ranked nations in the human development index.
Not surprisingly, we rank high on corruption. Our record in primary and higher education is pathetic.. Worst of all, we have created an environment where bright, idealistic and confident youngsters who are ready to take on the world in their 20s become despondent, diffident, self-seeking and unhappy individuals by the time they reach40,hesaid.
He has the hope that, 30 years from now, this country will have a set of 40-60
Our foreign exchange reserves are around USD 300 billion, he said. However, we have another India steeped in poverty, illiteracy, ill-health and malnutrition and without hope and confidence in the future, for no fault of hers. He maintained that corruption in political system often kills the enthusiasm of bright youngsters.
We have created a political system with incentives for most of our politicians with notable exceptions to keep our people poor, illiterate and helpless. We have consistently been among the lowly-ranked nations in the human development index.
Not surprisingly, we rank high on corruption. Our record in primary and higher education is pathetic.. Worst of all, we have created an environment where bright, idealistic and confident youngsters who are ready to take on the world in their 20s become despondent, diffident, self-seeking and unhappy individuals by the time they reach40,hesaid.
He has the hope that, 30 years from now, this country will have a set of 40-60
years olds who will be different from the
current 60 and 65 year-olds like me. They will be full of confidence, hope and
faith in the country.
People should rise above religious, regional and other affiliations and strive for excellence with discipline.
People should rise above religious, regional and other affiliations and strive for excellence with discipline.
He was discussing exciting
new developments in the field of computer science with a large group of
students and how such developments would alter our future. He was articulate,
passionate and quite convincing.
R.Narayana Murthy Attends JNTU 3rd Convocation
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JNTUH doctorate for Narayana Murthy
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Jawarharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad is conferring its Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) degree on Infosys founder and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy.
The degree would be presented to Mr. Murthy during JNTU's third convocation to be held on Monday. He will also be delivering the convocation address, said JNTU Vice-chancellor P. Rameshwar Rao at a press conference here on Saturday.
Disclosing the initiatives taken up by the university, Prof Rao said the government had sanctioned permission to establish a new constituent College of Engineering at Singoor in Medak district with four under graduate disciplines from 2012-13 academic year.
During the convocation about 74,000 under graduate, post graduate and Ph.D degrees would be awarded. In all, 48 gold medals would be presented to candidates, who excelled in different disciplines.
Meanwhile, EAMCET 2012 Convenor N.V. Ramana Rao said over 3.88 lakh applications were received till date this year. Of this, about 800 applications were rejected for different reasons, including candidates' ineligibility, failure to submit valid documents and others, he informed.
He said candidates were provided with the facility of downloading the hall tickets online. Students can download the hall tickets even on May 12, the examination day.
Elaborate arrangements are being made for smooth conduct of the examination. Authorities have already identified few centres for installing jammers to avoid malpractice. This apart, thumb impressions of the candidates would be taken at the respective exam centres. This year, marks would be announced on May 24, said Mr. Rao.
source: The Hindu
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