The incident where Narayan Murthy invited Ratan Tata to visit the company and he was surprised. At that time, there was fierce competition between TCS and Infosys.
Ratan Tata, the great businessman and social worker who gave a new identity to the Tata Group not only in the country but also around the world, is no longer in this world. But, his teachings and stories related to him are still on everyone’s lips. One such interesting incident has also been told by Infosys founder Narayan Murthy. He said that it was the time when he had built the Jamshedji Tata Room in his company and had invited Ratan Tata for its inauguration. Ratan Tata was shocked after receiving the invitation.
At that time, there was direct competition between his company TCS and Infosys. Both were competing with each other. Therefore Ratan Tata had even asked Narayan Murthy “Why did you call me’.
Infosys invited Ratan Tata For Inauguration
It was the year 2004 when Narayan Murthy invited Ratan Tata to come to the company. This invitation letter was a matter of great surprise for him. So Ratan Tata could not resist and he asked why did you invite me. In response to this, Narayan Murthy said that he respected him a lot. Therefore despite the rivalry we do not see Jamshedji Tata as a person who is associated with our rival company, rather we want to honor him. He has shown the path of progress to many companies. Therefore, there can be no better person than you for this inauguration.
It had a good effect on Infosys employees
Ratan Tata also accepted the invitation out of respect and went to Infosys. This moment was very big for Infosys, because at that time TCS was the largest IT company in the country. Ratan Tata did not like to speak much, so he gave a short speech. Narayan Murthy further said that Infosys was trying to give him tough competition, yet he spent a lot of time with our team. His arrival had a very good impact on our employees. He was full of humility, patriotism and kindness. After this, in the year 2020, Narayan Murthy also got the opportunity to give Ratan Tata the Lifetime Achievement Award.
