Leadership
N.R. Narayana Murthy
TrusteeN.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman emeritus of the board of Infosys Limited, serves on the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees. He is chair of the board's Economic Opportunity and Assets Committee and a member of the Audit and Proxy committees.
Murthy co-founded Infosys, an international software services firm based in Bangalore, India, in 1981. He has been the company's CEO until 2002 and chairman and chief mentor since 2011. He is currently a trustee of the board of Infosys Science Foundation.
Murthy serves as chairman of The Public Health Foundation of India. His board affiliations include the United Nations Foundation, The Rhodes Trust, Asian Institute of Management (Manila), India School of Business (Hyderabad) and National Payments Corporation of India. He is chairman of the board of governors at the International School of Information Technology Bangalore and presidential councilor of Cornell University. Murthy's directorships include HSBC Holdings and Catamaran Management Services Private Limited.
The recipient of numerous honors, Murthy was given the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, by the government of India in 2008. The government of France conferred on him the Officer of the Legion of Honor in 2008 and the British Government conferred on him the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2007. In 2005, he was ranked among The Economist's list of 15 most admired global leaders.
Murthy received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mysore and a master of technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.
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