Hyderabad: Co-founder and executive
chairman of Infosys Narayana Murthy said on
Wednesday that unless people voted for good
candidates it was not possible to improve
governance in the country. While addressing
the second convocation of IIT-Hyderabad in
Medak, Murthy said, “For improving
governance, the first step is to vote for the
best candidates.”
He said that strong and enduring institutions of
the state and effective watchdogs of the civil
society were necessary for democracy to
succeed. Talking about his idea of patriotism
he said, “Patriotism involves voting for the
best candidate irrespective of religion or caste.
Patriotism means working ethically, honestly
with the interfaces of the state and Central
governments to make our public governance
strong, robust and enduring.”
He said that patriotism is also about
“enhancing the prestige of India abroad
through our performance on international
platforms.” Recalling his days at IIT-Kanpur,
Murthy said, “When I left IIT-Kanpur for Paris
in the early 70’s, India was seen by most
foreigners as a pitiable place, but now the
world expects India to be one of the leaders to
solve global problems.”
B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, chairman of Board of
Governors, IIT-Hyderabad, and chairman,
Infotech, said that IITs had got global
recognition and IIT-ians had made
contributions to technology and research in
the most advanced countries.
He also asked students to lay more stress on
research and development instead of opting
for jobs immediately after getting their
degrees.
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