Narayana Murthy says "treat employees like humans"

Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has asked businesses and entrepreneurs to treat their employees like human beings. He said that the gap between the lowest and highest salaries in companies should also be reduced. Murthy said these things at TIE Con ​​Mumbai 2025.

Murthy said that the honor and dignity of every corporate employee needs to be maintained. Employees should be praised publicly and criticized in private. And as far as possible, all the benefits of the company should be shared among all its employees in a fair manner.

In the coming times, poverty will end and development will happen in India only when the country's businesses and entrepreneurs adopt capitalism. The country cannot succeed in its current socialist mindset. Capitalism gives people the opportunity to bring forward new ideas, so that they can earn money for themselves and their investors, create employment and thus reduce poverty.

Was in controversy by advising to work 70 hours a week

October 2023: In 2023, Narayan Murthy advised the youth of the country to work 70 hours a week. He asked the youth to work hard to make India a global leader. After this, social media was divided into many different factions. After this statement of Murthy, he got as much support as he was criticized.

December 2024: Murthy had said that the youth have to understand that we have to work hard and work towards making India number one. We have to keep our aspirations high, because 800 million (80 crore) Indians get free ration. This means that 800 million Indians are in poverty. If we are not in a position to work hard, then who will work hard.

Narayan Murthy founded Infosys in 1981

Narayan Murthy founded India's second largest tech firm Infosys in 1981. He was the CEO of the company from then till 2002. After this, he was the chairman of the board from 2002 to 2006.

Murthy retired from the company in August 2011 with the title of Chairman Emeritus. However, he once again entered the company in 2013 as Executive Chairman. During this time, his son Rohan Murthy was working as his executive assistant.