Updated January 29th, 2020 at 18:23 IST
Narayana Murthy touching Ratan Tata's feet the "Biggest moment in corporate history"
Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys, started trending on Twitter as pictures of him touching Ratan Tata's feet surfaced on the social media platform.
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Narayana Murthy, the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys, recently started trending on Twitter as pictures of him touching Ratan Tata's feet in a gesture of respect surfaced on the social media platform. The picture was taken at the annual TiECon event in Mumbai on January 28. The now-viral image shows Murthy bending down to touch Tata's feet as a sign of respect after he presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to the Chairman of Tata Sons.
Infosys co-founder, Narayana Murthy seeks blessings from TATA sons, Chairman Emeritus, @RNTata2000 at #TiEconMumbai.
— TiE Mumbai (@TiEMumbai)
A touching gesture of humility & a historic moment indeed. #WednesdayWisdom #narayanamurthy #ratantata pic.twitter.com/MmwNPm4SY4
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Ratan Tata also shared a series of videos in his Instagram stories with a caption, “It was an honour to be awarded bt TIEcon at the hands of a great Mr Narayan Murthy”. “It was an honour,” read the second video.
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'Historic moment'
As soon as the picture went viral, several internet users also hailed the moment as historic and praised Murthy for his gesture.
Two biggest rival company, two most humble businessman.
— That Indian girl (@thtsal)
Narayana Murthy touching feet of Ratan Tata is best thing on internet, today. pic.twitter.com/OAjjE6gzba
Historic moment.! Adorable values & respect is demonstrated by legends..
— Pankaj prashant (@Pankajprashant9)
Its truly Indian culture,,
Narayana Murthy touching Ratan Tata’s feet! @TiEMumbai pic.twitter.com/dPN0z6i66Q
I also got to witness biggest moment in corporate history: humble Narayana Murthy touching Ratan Tata’s feet! @TiEMumbai
— GAURAV KUMAR (@GAURAVK99385724)
Narayana Murthy pic.twitter.com/QNPqYbp1Ir
Proud of Indian Culture ❤️
— Harshadha Shirodkar 🇮🇳 (@shirodkarharshu)
We have @narendramodi
We have @RNTata2000
We have @Infosys_nmurthy
The values, respect demonstrated by these legends are inspiring.
Narayana Murthy touched Ratan Tata’s feet.
In Indian tradition,Respect is best thing you can give to others.
🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/oBWEjeA3Qj
It's really good to see Narayana Murthy touching feet of legendary businessman & @TiEMumbai Lifetime achievement awardee Ratan Tata. pic.twitter.com/SdGv2YMAAW
— Sanjana (@Sanjana048)
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Narayana Murthy-founded Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are the two biggest IT companies in India and have been so for a number of years, with their exploits turning India into a global leader in the Information Technology industry.
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Published January 29th, 2020 at 18:23 IST