Due to his busy schedule, Narayan Murthy was not able to give time to his children, his daughter started considering him as her father

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy was recently in the news for his statement asking the youth to dedicate all their time to the development of the country and a 70-hour work week. He had followed this ideology in his youth. Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy, in their recently published biography 'An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy', spoke about the struggle of running the company Infosys and raising a family. The daughter's reaction to his engagement is also mentioned in the book.

The book described how Narayana Murthy devoted all his time to work to take Infosys forward, while his wife Sudha Murthy raised their children Rohan and Akshata Murthy. However, due to Narayana Murthy's busy schedule, the children missed their father's presence at home. It is also mentioned in a part of the book that Akshata always missed Narayana Murthy as he was busy with his work.

Akshata Murthy, the wife of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, once said she considered her grandfather her real father. Daughter Akshata called Narayana Murthy her bonus father. Narayana Murthy's son Rohan Murthy once asked his father who he loved the most among Akshata, Rohan and Infosys—on this, Narayanmurthy had taken the names of Rohan and Akshata.

Recently Narayana Murthy had appealed to the youth to work 70 hours every week for the development of the country. The co-founder of Infosys said that in 40 years he has worked more than 70 hours every week. He said that he used to come to the office every day at 6:20 and go back home at 8:30 at night. However, his statement about working 70 hours has created controversy in the corporate world. Employees said that due to problems like mental health, low salary, job cuts etc., they cannot work 70 hours a week.