Tuesday, May 12, 2009 SingaporeSingapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has exhorted Indian political leaders to follow the ideals cherished by Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy in order to set the country on a rapid trajectory of high growth and development.
Describing Narayana Murthy as an "exceptional" entrepreneur, Lee hailed his contribution to the phenomenal success of the information technology sector in India, extolling his humility, social awareness and simple living habits as qualities to be emulated.
"If all Indian ministers and top bureaucrats were like him- hard-working, tough taskmasters, hard negotiators, but always forward-looking- India will be one of the fastest growing countries in the world, and in one generation, will become a First World country," Lee exhorted Monday.
Lee, the founder of modern Singapore and the man behind the city-state's phenomenal success story, was speaking at the launch of Narayana Murthy's recent book, "A Better India: A Better World," at a function at the Global Indian International School campus here.
But well aware of the scale of the task ahead in India, Lee said "no single person can change India's system of governance to become as efficient as Infosys." He also referred to the limitations in India's political process, which he said stop it from "going at high speed." "Whatever the political leadership wants to do, it must go through a very complex system at the centre, and then an even more complex system in the various states," he said.
Follow NRN, Singapore Minister tells Indian leaders
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