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Nandan Nilekani and Narayan Murthy:

Infosys

Presented by:Harpreet KaurJasmine Attri

Nandan Nilekani

Early life and Family

Nandan M. Nilekani was born in Banglore on June 2, 1955 into a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family, as the younger son of Durga and Mohan Rao Nilekani.

Both Nandan and his brother, Vijay, who is elder to Nandan by 8 years, spent their early childhood here

Their father worked as a General Manager of Mysore and Minerva Mills.

Vijay lives in Washington D.C where he works in the nuclear energy institute.

Schooling and Graduation

Nandan Nilekani had his initial schooling in Bangalore from Bishop Cottons Boys School.

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Personal life

Nandan Nilekani

is married

to Rohini, whom he met at a quizzing event at

IIT.

They have two children

Nihar and Janhavi,

both studying at Yale

University.

Rohini worked as a journalist

and is actively involved

with several

non- profit organizatio

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She has also set up an

endowment fund

Arghyam that

supports endeavors in

health, education,

and in equity access to

water for all.

Career and Professional Life

Graduated from IIT Bombay 1978

Joined Mumbai based ‘Patni Computer Systems’ .

After working 3 years in Patni computers, he started own company “Infosys” with Narayan Murthy and other 5 members.

He become the CEO of Infosys, taking over from Narayan Murthy in March 2002 and remain CEO upto April 2007.

Cont….

Quick facts

Nilkani has an estimated net worth

of Indian rupee equailent to US $1.3

billion.

In 2009 Times magzine placed

Nilekani in the times 100 list of ‘world’s

Most Influential People’

He co-founded India’s National Association of Software and Service

Companies (NASSCOM) as well as the Bangalore

Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs.

5 steps of success for Nilekani

Have a clear goal and focus

If possible, assemble a team of people: “

Persevere, persevere,

persevere: “Learn to deal with

satbacks

Don’t let success go to your head

Honors and Awards

He was preseted the ‘Legend in Leadership Award’ by the Yale University in November 2009. He is the first Indian to receive the top honour.

“Business of the Year for Asia” in 2007

“Padam Bhushan” one of the highest civilian honors awarded by the government of Indian in 2006

One of the “Youngest Entrepreneurs” to join 20 global leaders on the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) in Jan 2006

Cont…

TIME magazine honored as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the

World” in may 2006

Joseph Schumpeter Prize for innovation services in

economy, economic science and politics in 2005

Awarded the “ corporate Citizen of the Year “ award

at the Asian Business Leader Awards in 2004 organized

by CNBC

Named among the ‘World’s most respected leaders’ in 2002 and 2003, according to a global survey by Finanical Times and

Pricewaterhousecoopers.

Narayan

Murthy

Early life and Personal Details

Born into a Kannada Madhwa Brahmin

family in Mysore on August 20, 1946.

He came from a poor but

educated family.

His father was a high-school teacher and an avid reader of English literature.

His wife, Sudha Murthy, is an Indian social worker and

accomplished author. She is known for her philanthropic

work through the Infosys Foundation.

They have two children - Rohan

and Akshata.

Education

Obtained his B. E degree from National

Institute of Engineering,

University of Mysore, 1967

Master’s as M.TEch from IIT Kharagpur, 1969

Carrier and Professional Life

He started his carrier at IIM

Ahmadabad as chief system Programmer

where he work on time-sharing

system.

After IIM Ahmadabad, he

joined Patni Computer

System in Pune.

In 1981 with an investment of

Rs.10000 ($259 at that time)

from his wife, he found

infosys with 6 other

professionals.

Under his leadership Infosys was

listed on NASDAQ in

1999.

Cont…Murthy

served as CEO of Infosys for

21 years.

Independent board

director of DBS bank of Singapore.

Director of Central Board RBI & NDTV

Person of Governing Body of IIT Bangalore

and IIM Ahmadabad

He serves on the board of HSBC, Ford Foundation and the UN Foundation.

Cont…

He serves as a member of the Unilever board

between 2007 and 2010

He also serves on the boards of various International and

National Universities like Singapore Management

University, Cornell University, Indian school of business Hyderabad,

International Institute of Information Technology

Bangalore etc.

Key success factors

Sound Managemen

t Skills

Nurturing Working

Atmosphere

Commitment to values,

speed ,Imagination and Excellence

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Cont..

Invest in well understood, proven product & not just

R&D..

While dealing with the investors , always

under- promise and over deliver.

Have a healthy sense of respect for the

competition

Honors and Awards

Ranked 8th among the 15 admired global leaders-2005 by Economists

Ranked 28 among the world most respected business leader- 2005 by financial times.

World Entrepreneurs of the Year- 2003 by Ernst & Young

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International office in U.S.A- 1987

Cont…Chairman of the committee on

Corporate Governance(2003)-

SEBI

Dean’s Medal Award- 2001 by Wharton school.

Padam Shri Award- 2000 by Indian Govt

Business Leader of the Year Award-

1997 by Business Barons.

Ratan Vibhushan Award- 1997 by FIE

foundations.