BETTER INDIA A BETTER WORLD

Narayana Murthy N R

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Visit the website for A Better India; A Better World; here. With one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world and an array of recent achievements in technology; industry and entrepreneurship; India strides confidently towards the future. But; in the world s largest democracy; not everyone is equally fortunate. More than 300 million Indians are still prey to hunger; illiteracy and disease; and 51 per cent of India s children are still undernourished. What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor; and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man; woman and child; as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this; our greatest challenge ever; be negotiated? In this extraordinarily inspiring and visionary book; N.R. Narayana Murthy; who pioneered; designed and executed the Global Delivery Model that has become the cornerstone of India s success in information technology services outsourcing; shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India; Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation. Built on Narayana Murthy s lectures delivered around the world; A Better India: A Better World is a manifesto for the youth; the architects of the future; and a compelling argument for why a better India holds the key to a better world.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Development studies
• India

Informations

• Publié par: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date de parution: 08 mars 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788184750188
• Langue: English

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‘N ARAYANA M URTHY IS A ROLE MODEL FOR MILLIONS OF INDIANS … THIS COLLECTION OF HIS SPEECHES WILL INFORM, INSPIRE AND GUIDE MANY IN THE YEARS TO COME.’
—MANMOHAN SINGH, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
‘N ARAYAN M URTHY … DELIVERS A TIMELY MESSAGE ABOUT THE IMPROTANCE OF VALUES AND LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS .’
—BILL GATES, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MICROSOFT CORPORATION
With one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world and an array of recent achievements in technology, industry and entrepreneurship, India strides confidently towards the future. But, in the world’s largest democracy, not everyone is equally fortunate. More than 300 million Indians are still prey to hunger, illiteracy and disease, and 51 per cent of India’s children are still undernourished.
What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor, and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man, woman and child, as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this, our greatest challenge ever, be negotiated?
In this honest, bold and remarkably well-argued book, N.R. Narayana Murthy shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number— samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu —must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India, Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation.
Built on Narayana Murthy’s lectures delivered around the world, A Better India: A Better World is a manifesto for the youth, the architects of the future, and a compelling argument for why a better India holds the key to a better world.
Cover photograph by Dheeraj Sapru/lndiapicture
PENGUIN BOOKS A BETTER INDIA: A BETTER WORLD
N.R. Narayana Murthy is the Founder-Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He serves on the boards of Unilever, HSBC, NDTV, Ford Foundation and the UN Foundation. He also serves on the boards of Cornell University, Wharton School, Singapore Management University, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and INSEAD.
The Economist ranked Narayana Murthy among the ten most-admired global business leaders in 2005. He topped the Economic Times list of India’s most powerful CEOs for three consecutive years: 2004 to 2006. He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India, the Légion d’honneur by the Government of France, and the CBE by the British government. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Max Schmidheiny Liberty prize, and has appeared in the rankings of businessmen and innovators published by India Today, Business Standard, Forbes, Business Week, Time , CNN, Fortune and Financial Times.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK

‘Narayana Murthy is a role model for millions of Indians. An iconic figure in the country, he is widely respected and looked up to not only for his business leadership but also for his ethics and personal conduct. He represents the face of the new, resurgent India to the world. I am sure this collection of his speeches will inform, inspire and guide many in the years to come’
—Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister of India
‘Narayana Murthy overcame many obstacles and demonstrated that it is possible to create a world-class, values-driven company in India. Through his vision and leadership Murthy sparked a wave of innovation and entrepreneurship that changed the way we view ourselves and how the world views India. In this collection of his speeches, he delivers a timely message about the importance of values and leadership in business’
—Bill Gates,
Chairman of the Board, Microsoft Corporation
A BETTER INDIA A BETTER WORLD
N R Narayana Murthy
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First published in Allen Lane by Penguin Books India 2009
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To
Akshata, Rohan, young Infoscions, and the youth in India and the world, with confidence that you will create a better India and a better world
Contents
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: ADDRESS TO STUDENTS
Learning from Experience
The Indian of the Twenty-first Century
Succeeding in the Contemporary World
Succeeding in a Globalized Corporation
The Need for Excellence
The Legal Professional in the Era of Globalization
A Case for a More Open Trade Regime in India
The Role of Religion in Education
PART II: VALUES
What Can We Learn from the West?
The Role of Discipline in Accelerating National Development
How Can We Stop Corruption in India?
In Praise of Secularism
Time for Chak De, India!
My Empowered India
PART III: IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUES
Lessons from the Economic Reforms of 1991
Population and Economic Development in India
A Framework for Urban Planning in Modern India
The Eight Visions that Changed the Face of India
Software Enterprises: The Temples of New India
PART IV: EDUCATION
What Would I Do if I Were the Principal of a Secondary School?
A Framework for Reforms in Higher Education in India
The Unfinished Agenda
PART V: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
On Leadership: Lessons from the Infosys Journey
A Leadership Mindset for a Resurgent India
PART VI: CORPORATE AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
Good Corporate Governance: A Checklist or a Mindset?
Corporate Governance and its Relevance to India
Corporate Governance: A Practitioner’s Viewpoint
A New Model for Effective Public Governance
PART VII: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PHILANTHROPY
Compassionate Capitalism
The Travails of Philanthropy in India
PART VIII: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Reflections of an Entrepreneur
On Entrepreneurship
PART IX: GLOBALIZATION
Do We Need a Flat World?
Making Globalization Work for India
Transforming Emerging Economies and Leaving Behind Legacies
PART X: INFOSYS
The Importance of Respect for a Corporation
The Journey So Far
On Reaching Adulthood
Acknowledgements
F irst of all, I must thank my son, Rohan, for persuading me to put my speeches into a book. Despite his eighteen-hour-a-day work schedule as a doctoral student, he called me very often during the last three years and was relentless in his arguments for why this should be done. His encouragement and kind words lifted my spirits on the rare difficult days, and enhanced my enthusiasm on normal days. My daughter Akshata and wife Sudha have both been enthusiastic supporters in this project, for which I am immensely grateful. I must also thank the other two most important women in my life—my mother and mother-in-law. They have been constant sources of encouragement.
Several organizations—universities, corporations, publications and associations—in India and abroad invited me to deliver these lectures and write these articles. I am grateful to them. My colleagues and former colleagues—K.G. Lakshminarayanan, Devi Pabreja, Joseph Alenchery, Sudarshan N. Murthy and Sandeep Raju—have contributed immensely to producing these speeches through their research and by preparing the drafts for these speeches. These speeches would not have had the same value without their hard work and commitment. I am extremely grateful to these wonderful people—it has been a privilege to work with them. Prof. Jitendra Vir Singh, Professor of Strategy at Wharton School and Dean of Nanyang Business School in Singapore, added lustre to a few of my speeches with his powerful ideas and language. I am very grateful to him. It is difficult to find another secretary like A.G. Panduranga. I am lucky he works with me. Without his commitment to secretarial support, this book would not have seen the light of day. I am grateful to him for his help.
My experiment in using entrepreneurship as an instrument to create jobs and address the problem of poverty in India started out as an idea during my stay in France in the seventies and became a reality through Infosys. In addition, Infosys has been a wonderful platform on which I’ve been able to experiment several o