Narayana Murthy Honors Legacy with New Scholarship at IIMA

Narayana Murthy has established a scholarship at IIMA to honor founding faculty member Jaswant G Krishnayya. The scholarship supports top-performing second-year management students by covering full tuition and expenses. Murthy's initiative, commemorating Krishnayya's impact, is funded for 20 years, celebrating academic excellence and intellectual values.

Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys and Catamaran, has launched the Jaswant G Krishnayya Merit Scholarship at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). This initiative honors Krishnayya, a pioneer in computing, whose formative contributions significantly influenced the institute's academic rigor.

The inaugural scholarship was awarded by Murthy to Viraj Modi, from the 2024-2026 batch, who achieved the highest PGP-1 score. This full-fee scholarship, safeguarded against inflation, is set to be an annual award, supporting a second-year student with exceptional academic performance.

Funded by Murthy for two decades, the scholarship covers complete tuition, hostel expenses, course materials, and mess charges for the two-year PGP program. Murthy expressed the scholarship as a tribute to Krishnayya's intellectual discipline and an encouragement for future leaders to cherish mentors who have paved their paths.