‘If Narayana Murthy asked me to…’: Nilekani’s meeting with Infosys boss and a small rebellion which shaped India’s IT

Fresh out of college, Nandan Nilekani, first met Narayana Murthy in 1978 at Patni Computer Systems in Pune, where he went seeking a job. The chance encounter could have set the stage for the future of revolution in India’s IT sector.

Nandan Nilekani, who became the co-founder of Infosys and a key figure in India’s digital and economic transformation, was looking for direction in his career. Nilekani, an electrical engineer from IIT Bombay, had missed his graduate school entrance exam due to illness.