Narayana Murthy calls for stronger focus on research for India’s future
Narayana Murthy calls for stronger focus on research for India’s future
Infosys co-founder urges ramped national and institutional support for research, as Infosys Prize 2025 winners underscore science’s urgency.
On November 12, Murthy delivered a lecture on 'The importance of research for India and the world' at the Infosys Prize announcement, stressing that science and research are not luxuries, but necessities for human survival, dignity and progress.\n\nHe described research as broadening the mind to unravel the mysteries of nature, to see what others have not yet seen, and to find plausibly impossible solutions to the problems faced by humankind. He added that the task for India is to strengthen national and institutional focus on research for a better India and a better world. He urged researchers to have audacity, daring, unbridled imagination and the ability not to be cowed by failures. He quoted Thomas Edison: 'I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.'\n\nMurthy added that the winners of Infosys Prize 2025 remind us that science and research are not luxuries, but necessities for human survival, dignity and progress. Creating such an ecosystem for research is our unfailing duty because, ultimately, research is the only means we have to make India a better nation, and this world a better world. This is the only way we can fulfil the dreams of our founding fathers, who sacrificed their lives to create an India where the poorest child in the remotest village would have access to nutrition, healthcare, shelter, education and opportunity.\n\nAdditionally, the Infosys Prize 2025 recognises six winners, including a Bengaluru-based scientist and a Prakrit and Kannada scholar, underscoring the breadth of India’s scholarly talent.
Cover image source: Prakrit and Kannada scholar, Bengaluru-based scientist among six winners of Infosys Prize 2025 🔗
