The architect of Infosys Mr. NR Narayana Murthy has been duly endowed with the prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal in recognition of his benevolent activities in India.
Former US Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and James Earl Carter are among some of the noted recipients of this annual award which was established in 1930 to recognize great, unselfish and non-technical services by the engineers to humanity.
Murthy was honoured with this prestigious award on October 2 at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Seattle.
Being the 70th conferee of the award, Murthy was perceived for implanting a foundation that assembles outstanding improvements in healthcare, social rehabilitation, rural uplift and education following his formation of Infosys, an professional innovative company that provides business consulting, technology, and engineering services in over 30 countries.
The former Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam, had received this award in the year 2008.
The prestigious Hoover Medal is being administered by a board representing five engineering organizations: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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