India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
— N. R. Narayana Murthy
I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.
Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.
Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.
The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man.
I think there are opportunities outside India as well as in India. In fact, some of the largest projects that most Indian software companies are doing are in India.
I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that.
We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.
I am a man in a hurry.
I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
Infosys demonstrated to the world that an Indian company could implement standards of quality, operations, finance that compare with the best. That is a legacy I am happy with.
Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.
When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.
Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step.
India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.
Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.
The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness.
Entrepreneurship is all about an idea that creates differentiated business value to one's customers. You must be able to convince your customers about the benefits that association with you or your products will give them. People are ready to pay if they are convinced about your services or products.
All developmental activities for the common man such as education, healthcare, shelter and food distribution should be handled by reputed private sector institutions. It should be a competitive market in order to prevent the formation of monopolies.
We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
The primary difference that I have found between the system of education in India and other countries, particularly the U.S., is that they focus on problem solving and relating theories to reality around them. These two things are lacking in the education system in India.
A professorship appeals very much because I enjoy being with younger people.
I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
I have always focused on the bottom line.
I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.
A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion.
Kumar Mangalam Birla is one of the most respected business persons.
You need to mesh the voices of people with expertise and meritocracy.
It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.
In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it.
Effective use of technology is important to deliver healthcare. By leveraging technology, you can bring down lack of access and cost of healthcare.
To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.
Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations.
The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.
Indian IT corporations have made work in the U.S. much more efficient by enhancing their productivity and quality of work. We have helped to add sufficient value to the corporations in the U.S.
If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
I am what we call a 'karma yogi' in Sanskrit. A karma yogi is somebody who believes in data. I collect a lot of data.
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
Clearly, healthcare is a very important sector.
If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
