NR Murthy rejects Lankan IT advisor post

NEW DELHI: Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy has declined the offer for the post of IT advisor to the Sri Lankan goovernment.

In a letter to the President of Sri Lanka, Mr Murthy, Chief Mentor and Chairman of the Board, Infosys Technologies, communicated to the Lankan President President Mahinda Rajapaksa. that he has decided to withdraw from being the advisor due to personal reasons.

A statement from the company on Wednesday said that Mr Murthy, however, thanked the Lankan Presdent for the invitation to be the IT advisor for his government and for the courtesy shown to him during his recent visit to Sri Lanka. But the withdrawal was for personal reasons.

Ironically, last week, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary, Palitha Kohona said that: "N.R. Narayana Murthy was appointed as the international adviser to the Sri Lankan President and he has accepted it."