Murthy first worked as a
research associate under a faculty at
IIM Ahmedabad and then later as the chief systems programmer. There he worked on India's first time-sharing computer system He started a company named Softronics. When that company failed after about a year and a half, he joined
Patni Computer Systems in
Pune. Murthy mentions that being arrested and expelled for no good reason during the communist era 1974 in a border town near the
Yugoslav-
Bulgarian border, turned him into a "
compassionate capitalist" from a "confused
leftist/
communist". In 1981 he, with six software professionals, founded
Infosys with an initial capital investment of Rs 10,000, which was provided by his wife
Sudha Murty. Murthy was the CEO of Infosys for 21 years from 1981 to 2002 He was the chairman of the board from 2002 to 2006, after which he also became the chief mentor. In August 2011, he retired from the company, taking the title chairman emeritus. He is also a member of the advisory boards and councils of several educational and philanthropic institutions, He is also the Chairman of the Governing board of
Public Health Foundation of India. He is on the Asia Pacific advisory board of
British Telecommunications. In June 2013, Murthy returned to Infosys as executive chairman and a director. In June 2014, he stood down as executive chairman, was non-executive chairman until October, when he became chairman emeritus. Murthy is also on the strategic board which advises the national law firm,
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, on strategic, policy and governance issues. He is a member of
IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB). In 2010, Murthy has made an investment in SKS Microfinance along with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. In 2016, Murthy participated in FXC as a Board Member. == Views on working hours ==