Infosys Technologies Chairman Murthy Retires

N.R. Narayana Murthy, cofounder of Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies and a pioneer of the Indian outsourcing industry, stepped down on Sunday as the company’s chairman.

Murthy, who was Infosys’ first chief executive officer (CEO) when the company was established in 1981, moved to the position of executive chairman of the company in 2002, making way for younger leadership. Nandan Nilekani, also a cofounder, took over as CEO, while another cofounder, S. Gopalakrishnan, was appointed as chief operating officer.

Murthy, who reached the company’s retirement age at 60 on Sunday, continues as non-executive chairman and chief mentor of Infosys. “I will dedicate myself to social causes,” Murthy said in an in interview earlier this year

TN govt withdraws ordinance – Your Opinion

According to NDTV, Tamil Nadu government has decided to withdraw the ordinance that would have allowed non-Brahmins to become priests in temples. I would like to know your views on this topic? Being a sensitive topic, I request readers to refrain from making any inflammatory comments.

The Tamil Nadu Government has withdrawn its ordinance to allow non-Brahmins to become priests in the state’s temples. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court put a stay on the ordinance passed by the Karunanidhi government in July which had said any Hindu could become a priest. The decision to break the brahminical hold over temples was a major election promise of the DMK. However Chief Minister M Karunanidhi says this was the dream of the Periyar – the father of the Dravidian movement.