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An insight into the evolution of Infosys

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SHARING EXPERIENCE: Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies N.R. Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murthy, chairperson of Infosys Foundation, with students from Stanford Graduate School of Business on the Infosys campus in Bangalore on Saturday. — ; Photo: K. Gopinathan

BANGALORE: It was an insight into the evolution of information technology giant Infosys Technologies and its priority areas for students from Stanford Graduate School of Business, who interacted with Infosys Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murthy, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, here on Saturday.

Twenty-five students from Stanford Graduate School of Business hailing from 12 countries, including India, are on a study tour. They are in Bangalore now after visiting New Delhi and Mumbai.

They have interacted with political leaders and industry captains to understand the business, social and political environment of the country.

Questions ranged from business models to the philanthropic work of the Infosys Foundation.

Recalling their experience in founding and building their organisations, Mr. Narayana Murthy delved on issues pertaining to compensation, globalisation, migration of jobs, leadership qualities and Indian economy, while Ms. Sudha Murthy spoke on social issues.

Mr. Narayana Murthy said, "Capitalism provides opportunities better than any other model, but we cannot have dispassionate capitalism without regulatory mechanisms."

He hoped that the cacophony over migration of jobs to developing countries from developed countries would decline in future and agreed that there was a big gap in the compensation packages offered in the West and India. The only way to solve the problems in countries such as India was to create jobs in a legal and ethical way, he added. On the priority areas for the Infosys Foundation, Ms. Sudha Murthy said, "Many health issues, including AIDS, TB and others have to be addressed. The foundation is working for rural development where disposal income was less as the population was dependent on agriculture. Our effort is one small drop in a big ocean." The event was a sort of homecoming for Chaitra Chidanand, who is part of the student-delegation. She is from Bangalore and a former employee of Infosys. She is now pursuing higher studies at Stanford.

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