Narayan Murthy: I had to collect Rs.10000 to import computer to India, 2 years, took 25 Delhi trips

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On all counts, we are slipping further and further on the human development index. We need to create more jobs. That is the only way. Narayan Murthy of Infosys Technologies (Infy) on India's Economy. Our wives had to sacrifice tremendously to bring together this Ten thousand Rupees. My job was to import a computer to India and then start developing software from India. There is one company that symbolizes all the good that came out of liberalization. In 1981, it took us 2 years and 25 trips to Delhi to buy a computer. Today I can walk over to the STPI office to get help with any paperwork. Meritocracy, economic reforms of Manmohan Singh, and Narasimha Rao. Indian IT industry is small by global standards. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire busine