When that company failed after about a year and a half, he joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune. A bitter experience on a train in 1974 in Niš, a border town between what is now Serbia and Bulgaria, turned N R Narayana Murthy into a "compassionate capitalist" from a "confused leftist", leading him to create Infosys.

How did Narayana Murthy started Infosys?

Murthy started his career at IIM Ahmedabad as the chief systems programmer. He started a company named Softronics. ... Murthy and six software professionals founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital injection of Rs 10,000, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murthy.

How did Infosys start?

The Infosys startup story came into existence in 1981. It was founded by the former employees of Patni Computer Systems. They started the company with a meagre amount of INR 10,000 and named it Infosys Consultants. ... The company didn't have any computer till 1983 because they couldn't afford it.