Anyone going past the bangalore highyway to Hosur cannot afford to ignore the gigantic pyramid edifice , which signals one that he is just few meters away from one of the most respected companies in the world ! The very word "Infosys" has become household name in IT business ! One can boldly claim they are one of the reasons for putting India into the global IT highway ! The infy "team" by itself is an exemplary legacy of our times. NR knew early enough that IT is going to the future & that he was going to take a chunk of it ! His characteristic modesty carries an air wherever he goes - business or personal !
I would fail to honor if i miss NR's journey in bringing the company from a small room to city of edifices ! From a shy boy who could not make to IIT but decided to stick on with his dream of pursuing engineering NR has travelled a very unconventional path throughout his career ! ofourse he found a perfect partner in Ms.Sudha ! For that matter the kin of all the founders have stood by their better half ! Guess they were one of the first to identify the potential of these young men who were after something which was "new" to us then ! Warren buffet would definitely regret missing this golden nest !
What make him special is his vision for the company and the zeal with asidous courage to pursue it. Not just that, he encourages leadership at all levels of business and society. NR might have failed to take off in International airport, but not his reputation. They sadly would miss his corporate skills with human touch ! Tipu's capital got a new life as the bell to NASDAQ rang from mysore, becoming the first asian country to kick off stock trading remotely.
Infosys is the pioneers of employee stock options in India. The management have always should their concern for the employee and thier aspirations met . Otherwise no can imagine how one team could have built such a business empire from single brick ! We might have ambani's, gates, larry page but infy's founder NR definitely commands a space among the corporate doyens. he is one of the rare business men I have seen having vision for another 100 yrs !
I think for NR it is not a company but his bloodline. Guess the infosy'ans wil carry his baton forward and make thier boss & country proud !
NR might be bidding adieu as executive to infy, but societal india welcomes him. In another few years, we can even address him as : " Welcome Mr.president ! " . Narayan murthy no doubt will continue to inspire thousands of your enterpruners who want to make it big !
India is proud of you Mr.Murthy !
Monday, July 31, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
G8 Summit & India
Prelude to St.petersburg for G8 summit had started with human misery of terror in Asia. From Mumbai being shattered to pounding of zionists at beirut. Signs were jittery none the less significant. India I shud say well used this moment to vioce its concern on terror and its equation with our neighbour. Though no solid official evidence published, trails may logically lead to the expected path in the events of the unexpected attacks. History repeats itself ! Diplomatic victory as stated by shyam saran as G8 jointly condemned the brutal train attacks.
On sidelines we did press our conerns on the nuke deal to uncle same, who assured "no shifting" of goal posts" !
G8 in lot of ways have become unofficially very important structure in todays world order. India's participation in it shud be mutlitude going forward, as membership already in cards one shud presume. Would give us better edge in terms of trade, economy & defence.
Though recent espionage internally be a cause of concern, one can expect our sleuths to maintan tight integrity to safe guard national security ! None the less our pursuit for searching partners to fight terror should continue through defence diplomacy for better access to classified data, which can to a large extent simplify our bureau deeds. ofcourse it would have to mutual consent.
PM mentioned, fighting terror might be a long haul, but we better be prepared for the long haul without making a dent in our hull !
On sidelines we did press our conerns on the nuke deal to uncle same, who assured "no shifting" of goal posts" !
G8 in lot of ways have become unofficially very important structure in todays world order. India's participation in it shud be mutlitude going forward, as membership already in cards one shud presume. Would give us better edge in terms of trade, economy & defence.
Though recent espionage internally be a cause of concern, one can expect our sleuths to maintan tight integrity to safe guard national security ! None the less our pursuit for searching partners to fight terror should continue through defence diplomacy for better access to classified data, which can to a large extent simplify our bureau deeds. ofcourse it would have to mutual consent.
PM mentioned, fighting terror might be a long haul, but we better be prepared for the long haul without making a dent in our hull !
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Our Scientific Edge
Dual setback for Indian defence & space scientists ! One was supposed to have been a maiden flight and other was to follow a textbook lauch path ! But good news is our scientists are not morally down, they are ready to fight back which they have always accomplished.
ISRO unfortunately broke its series of 12 successful launches .. Record has been impeccable .. Out of 21 only 5 have failed so far .. Flambouyant chairman of ISRO means what he says .. Known for his tough stance & maganement skills no doubt our space program will reach new heights . Next year might be a dual success with "Kaveri" cryoengine also coming in.
Anyone who has been closely observing our progress would agree the resiliance of DRDO thro its IGMDP .. Complex engineering projects like missile tech has its inherent problems of accuracy and timing. Second stage ignition seems to be the initial problem failure analysis by them . More on this would take time. IGMDP, kalam's brain child has tread many a successful lauches doing him & our country proud. His usual advocacy being " Strengh respects strength" . They have come to stage of marketing their technology at global arena. Brahmos is an apt example(name after brahmaputra+moscow)
Key aspect to note is that ,with all these happenings in light of ongoing Indo-nuclear deal it is imperative that India asserts herself to secure readiness of key technologies of strategic importance, where "compromise" does not have place at all ! Given our history of strategic technology progress, India's "scientific edge" will continue to attain new heights from any setback ! "Indigenous" mantra would be the key
ISRO unfortunately broke its series of 12 successful launches .. Record has been impeccable .. Out of 21 only 5 have failed so far .. Flambouyant chairman of ISRO means what he says .. Known for his tough stance & maganement skills no doubt our space program will reach new heights . Next year might be a dual success with "Kaveri" cryoengine also coming in.
Anyone who has been closely observing our progress would agree the resiliance of DRDO thro its IGMDP .. Complex engineering projects like missile tech has its inherent problems of accuracy and timing. Second stage ignition seems to be the initial problem failure analysis by them . More on this would take time. IGMDP, kalam's brain child has tread many a successful lauches doing him & our country proud. His usual advocacy being " Strengh respects strength" . They have come to stage of marketing their technology at global arena. Brahmos is an apt example(name after brahmaputra+moscow)
Key aspect to note is that ,with all these happenings in light of ongoing Indo-nuclear deal it is imperative that India asserts herself to secure readiness of key technologies of strategic importance, where "compromise" does not have place at all ! Given our history of strategic technology progress, India's "scientific edge" will continue to attain new heights from any setback ! "Indigenous" mantra would be the key
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Mumbai Maniac
A chill ran through the spine of mumbai when it re-lived '93 blasts . One of the most serious acts of terror in recent time ableit J&K .. Srinagar had company to complain for these maniac deed ! Situation gives to more questions of our internal security aspects . Few blame our NSA for ignoring home security for xternal one. But mumbaikars shud be given credit for their immediate recovery from it and swiftness of action.
Civil society has always criticised the motives of inhuman terror acts to achieve some means. Infact the wings have spread far and wide from madrid to mumbai, russia to rawalpindi, new york to UK . Brings a totally different perspective internationally in combating terror . It seems to transcend class,creed and always rationality ???
In any case this totally inhuman outwardly coward act cannot justify death of innocent civilians ! Strongly to be condemned !
In the end is it all really worth it ? High time world, india in particular wakes up . Otherwise we will wake up one day to find barren world around us !
Civil society has always criticised the motives of inhuman terror acts to achieve some means. Infact the wings have spread far and wide from madrid to mumbai, russia to rawalpindi, new york to UK . Brings a totally different perspective internationally in combating terror . It seems to transcend class,creed and always rationality ???
In any case this totally inhuman outwardly coward act cannot justify death of innocent civilians ! Strongly to be condemned !
In the end is it all really worth it ? High time world, india in particular wakes up . Otherwise we will wake up one day to find barren world around us !
Monday, July 10, 2006
"Italics" of winning !
Hail cesar ! Rome would be lit with victory, a well deserved one .. By pure mechanics, their performance have been exponential in this world cup ! A few passings were genius .. Stats well show the romans possesed larger share of the pie(well pizzaa) most of time than their rivals ! French will have to wait till 2010 to take the revenge !
It's a pity that real madrid star had to be taught that it is the ball which had be headed & not the players .. The french captain could have taken a more deserved exit from professional football .. From now on 111 ( th minute) would continue to haunt the french ! But things apart zidane has given the fans some real good football over the years and was one of the main reasons for maintaining the football tradition of france .. Au reviour zizou !! His captainancy and seniority will be misssed by the team & fans world wide ...
Oliver Kahn too bid adieu .. A wonderful career from 1991 .. Has saved few precious goals at some critical moments though he had has his share of misses ! So long "kahn" !
And an intresting fact is that the rise in viewership of football back home ! Well, can it overtake our religious rigour called "cricket" ? Fans may field after football for sometime, but cricket is ultimately what they bat for :-) ! Hope a national football team of international calibre will not remain "An unfinished dream" !
It's a pity that real madrid star had to be taught that it is the ball which had be headed & not the players .. The french captain could have taken a more deserved exit from professional football .. From now on 111 ( th minute) would continue to haunt the french ! But things apart zidane has given the fans some real good football over the years and was one of the main reasons for maintaining the football tradition of france .. Au reviour zizou !! His captainancy and seniority will be misssed by the team & fans world wide ...
Oliver Kahn too bid adieu .. A wonderful career from 1991 .. Has saved few precious goals at some critical moments though he had has his share of misses ! So long "kahn" !
And an intresting fact is that the rise in viewership of football back home ! Well, can it overtake our religious rigour called "cricket" ? Fans may field after football for sometime, but cricket is ultimately what they bat for :-) ! Hope a national football team of international calibre will not remain "An unfinished dream" !
Friday, July 07, 2006
Twin towers still stand tall
Who said twin towers are gone ... ? They are still standing high, in fact growing taller! The duo who make the top 2 richest men on earth, definitely are twin towers of philanthropy ! "Sage of omeha" surprised the world by donating $37 billion (out of his $44 billion) wealth .. A feat never accomplished by none but him so far (well i can dare say ,not atleast in our life time) . Though following the trails of charity set by Rock feller and Carnegie , buffet has once again displayed his keen business acumen by donating $31 billion to gates foundation and not starting his won foundation ! A research says 30% wealth of foundation
s are drained in administrative/operational work ! 
Bill & melinda gates were visibly humbled by warren's donation .. The $60 billion money is equivalent to handling 30 Infosys !! One thing, warren buffet very well grasps is that the chairman of microsoft will be "macro-hard" when it comes to optimising costs ! Experts feel a new trend might be set in the way NGO's operate, by entry of corporate doyens like Bill gates !
The news is as important to us in India, as gates has a good portion of his money invested in research for TB !
I cannot defend the martial skills of jackie .. so I better mention his deed too .. Mostly gone unnoticed is , his annoucement to donate half his wealth to his " Jackie chan" foundation" !
Back home , we have setup like premji foundation, Infy foundation doing great work ! What more, people like sunil mittal are soon to follow the footsteps . Hope this would create better oppurtunity for the needy ! Atleast good cost conciousness at NGO level .
By the way 4th design plan of twin towers is ready to be built by 2012, which would be 1776 ft high (guess why this number - well may be thats why it is called "freedom tower" :-) ) !
s are drained in administrative/operational work ! 
Bill & melinda gates were visibly humbled by warren's donation .. The $60 billion money is equivalent to handling 30 Infosys !! One thing, warren buffet very well grasps is that the chairman of microsoft will be "macro-hard" when it comes to optimising costs ! Experts feel a new trend might be set in the way NGO's operate, by entry of corporate doyens like Bill gates !
The news is as important to us in India, as gates has a good portion of his money invested in research for TB !
I cannot defend the martial skills of jackie .. so I better mention his deed too .. Mostly gone unnoticed is , his annoucement to donate half his wealth to his " Jackie chan" foundation" !
Back home , we have setup like premji foundation, Infy foundation doing great work ! What more, people like sunil mittal are soon to follow the footsteps . Hope this would create better oppurtunity for the needy ! Atleast good cost conciousness at NGO level .
By the way 4th design plan of twin towers is ready to be built by 2012, which would be 1776 ft high (guess why this number - well may be thats why it is called "freedom tower" :-) ) !
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Oh boy, at last in carribean !
I will have to start somewhere .. so i am drawing the inspiration from around !
Football fever all around .. a few great matches ofcourse .. few pathetic ones though (no names here .. implicit) ! personally am not a grt football fan .. but since that is not a fashion today , i better take that back .. One thing i observed is refree's have been running & sweating more than the players :-) !! Lets wait for the all european final .. our super senior zidane deserves a place in next world cup too .. he already has lost more hair .. nothing more to loose .. ok i will wait for the finals to decide ! (sorry i mean he can come in as a refreee :-) !! .. he runs pretty well )
Soothing advance by our compatriots sania & paes .. good job ! hoping to see more of it !
Well dravid definitely deserves a word of praise ! Impressive performance by him individually though we had gone as a team .. Anil kumble doing "Zidane" again for his experience & skill ..
"Wall" was at his best, close to being the best batsman ever ! Keep it up rahul ! Last time i heard our guys mentioning carribean was bcos of "johhny debb" ..
Well the pirate is back with a bang .. personally i am a big fan of him .. great actor .. too good for oscars .. has missed as many oscars as his master pieces ! Another guy who deserves to be in the line of denzel,hopkins & tom hanks .. Well no wonder when kamal has not got one how can johnny deb .. gotchha :-) !!
Chinese in for building friendship .. Do u guys know this not the year of dragon .. but "Year of friendship " (sino-india) .. nathula opnes for trade after 44 yrs .. If u guys are planning for a cheap route to china .. here is what u do :
1) Go to calcutta
2) Catch a train to sikkim
3) Bingo from there catch a "yak" .. u r in china .. ofocurse u have to trade something .. how abt
some silk !
Well if anyone are serious abt it lemme know :-) !!!!
Discovery broke the escape velocity (safely ofcourse without breaking) ... GSLV to break it soon .. guess man has come a long way in exploring the space .. definitely no comparisons here .. But i guess "curiosity" overcomes temptation ! I do know that we are far away from building shuttles , but believe me it is in pipeline ! (well as said by Dr.Madhavan Nair) .. pls do not take my name there !
Ok i would leave before ur patient breaks .. Good day .. good week
Football fever all around .. a few great matches ofcourse .. few pathetic ones though (no names here .. implicit) ! personally am not a grt football fan .. but since that is not a fashion today , i better take that back .. One thing i observed is refree's have been running & sweating more than the players :-) !! Lets wait for the all european final .. our super senior zidane deserves a place in next world cup too .. he already has lost more hair .. nothing more to loose .. ok i will wait for the finals to decide ! (sorry i mean he can come in as a refreee :-) !! .. he runs pretty well )
Soothing advance by our compatriots sania & paes .. good job ! hoping to see more of it !
Well dravid definitely deserves a word of praise ! Impressive performance by him individually though we had gone as a team .. Anil kumble doing "Zidane" again for his experience & skill ..
"Wall" was at his best, close to being the best batsman ever ! Keep it up rahul ! Last time i heard our guys mentioning carribean was bcos of "johhny debb" ..
Well the pirate is back with a bang .. personally i am a big fan of him .. great actor .. too good for oscars .. has missed as many oscars as his master pieces ! Another guy who deserves to be in the line of denzel,hopkins & tom hanks .. Well no wonder when kamal has not got one how can johnny deb .. gotchha :-) !!
Chinese in for building friendship .. Do u guys know this not the year of dragon .. but "Year of friendship " (sino-india) .. nathula opnes for trade after 44 yrs .. If u guys are planning for a cheap route to china .. here is what u do :
1) Go to calcutta
2) Catch a train to sikkim
3) Bingo from there catch a "yak" .. u r in china .. ofocurse u have to trade something .. how abt
some silk !
Well if anyone are serious abt it lemme know :-) !!!!
Discovery broke the escape velocity (safely ofcourse without breaking) ... GSLV to break it soon .. guess man has come a long way in exploring the space .. definitely no comparisons here .. But i guess "curiosity" overcomes temptation ! I do know that we are far away from building shuttles , but believe me it is in pipeline ! (well as said by Dr.Madhavan Nair) .. pls do not take my name there !
Ok i would leave before ur patient breaks .. Good day .. good week
Hi !
Just created bcos everyone else does it & that i had a lot of time .. presume u have that too since u r reading :-) .. njooooyyy the blogs .. may not be very regular .. nothing specific .. so that means anything & everything .. anytime .. so that i need not have one for each i think of ! (anyway i do not intent to think when i am writing bcos otherway round it quite difficult for me )
Contributions/comments are always welcome .. :-) !!!
Caution : The forthcoming contents are too boring .. pls take an enroute now before u are smitten by the bites !! byyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
As formality, views expressed are my one .. created to be creative ..
Well i do understand that one's creation is few other's irritation !
So bear with me !
Contributions/comments are always welcome .. :-) !!!
Caution : The forthcoming contents are too boring .. pls take an enroute now before u are smitten by the bites !! byyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
As formality, views expressed are my one .. created to be creative ..
Well i do understand that one's creation is few other's irritation !
So bear with me !
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