Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has been conferred with the
prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal in recognition of his philanthropic
activities in India.
Former US Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight
Eisenhower and James Earl Carter are among some of the prominent
recipients of this annual award established in 1930 to recognize great,
unselfish and non-technical services by the engineers to humanity.
Murthy was awarded with the prestigious award on October 2 at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Seattle.
The
70th recipient of the award, Murthy was recognized for establishing a
foundation that forges outstanding improvements in healthcare, social
rehabilitation, rural uplift and education following his formation of
Infosys, an innovative company that provides business consulting,
technology, and engineering services in over 30 countries.
In 2008 the former Indian President, A P J Abdul Kalam, had received this award.
The
Hoover Medal is 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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