The Sri Lankan government in order to increase the investments in the IT sector has appointed Narayana Murthy, the chief mentor of Infosys, as the international adviser on information technology to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Rajapaksa made the appointment after inviting Narayana Murthy as the chief guest to the ceremonial launch of ''2009-Year of English and Information Technology'' at the Presidential Secretariat at Colombo. At the event, Rajapaksa said that in the recent years, the great success of India in the field of Information Technology has inspired Sri Lanka. "It is for this reason that we have turned to India in addition to other countries for technical support to strengthen our own endeavours. We are honoured by the presence on Saturday of Narayana Murthy, ''the father of IT in India'' and the chairman and mentor of the world famous Infosys," President Rajapaksa said.
source: livemint.com
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