JGU celebrated the 17th Anniversary and University Day, with Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys, as the distinguished chief guest at the event, speaking on ‘Ethical Leadership, Transformative Growth & Technology – The Infosys Story & the Future of India’.

Addressing the event, Mr. Narayana Murthy said: “India can create jobs through ideas and enterprise which is the only way for our country to become a developed nation in the future. It is important to note that everything we do in our lives is the result of the culture instilled in us through family values, peers and our environment as hard work, honesty, respect and integrity must come before personal gain. We need to ensure that younger colleagues follow good principles and that every decision they take brings respect from society and stakeholders.”

“The softest pillow is a clear conscience,” Mr. Narayana Murthy advised the young audience at the exclusive interaction at JGU. “It’s very simple to do the right thing if you set it as the benchmark.” He recalled his early days at university and said that he had been raised in a value system that imparted the key idea that getting respect from society is the most satisfying result in one’s entrepreneurial journey. Speaking about failure, he shared that his first company had not worked and then he had set up Infosys. “Failure is like a series of steps towards success. If you learn lessons from it and do not repeat those mistakes, then you can overcome failure. You should not get demotivated by failure into inaction. Scientists and researchers do not give up if they do not get results. They are trained to introspect and start again. You need to think rationally with concentration and then succeed,” he advised the students.

Mr. K. Jairaj, IAS, Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, gave the Special Address and congratulated JGU on its 17th University Day and spoke about the technological, entrepreneurial and philanthropic milestones of Infosys under the leadership of Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy, a true nation builder.

In his address, Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, JGU, said, “It is my honour to welcome Mr. Narayana Murthy who has demonstrated through his own extraordinary journey how a world-class institution can be built in India and earn global respect. JGU has a similar vision: institutions are sustained not only by buildings, resources, rankings or reputations. They are sustained by values and they endure when integrity becomes institutional culture, when excellence becomes habit and when leadership becomes responsibility. India possesses an extraordinary civilisational heritage of learning. Our ambition was to renew India’s historic place in the global world of ideas and knowledge. We often speak about inter-generational equity in the context of sustainable development – the idea that one generation must not pursue its progress by diminishing the opportunities available to future generations. We, at JGU today, are custodians of something that belongs not only to us but also to generations whom we may never meet.”

The University Day also saw the release of the JGU Research Report 2026.

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