The Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor at Infosys (http://www.infosys.com/), Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, will deliver the convocation address in the afternoon session of AIT’s 107th AIT Graduation Ceremony which will take place on 24 May 2007.
Mr. Murthy also serves as the Chairman of the AIT School of Management Board, which will be holding its second meeting on the same day as the graduation. TIME magazine's "Global Tech Influentials" list (August 2004) named Mr. Murthy as one of the ten leaders who are helping shape the future of technology. In 2006, TIME magazine again voted him as one of the Asian heroes who have brought about revolutionary changes in Asia in the last 60 years. The Economist ranked him 8th among the top 15 most admired global leaders (2005). He was ranked 28th among the world's most-respected business leaders by the Financial Times (2005). He topped the Economic Times Corporate Dossier list of India's most powerful CEOs for two consecutive years - 2004 and 2005.