Last month, Murthy sparked a fierce debate after he said India's productivity was the lowest in the world and that youth should work 70 hours a week if they wanted to compete with countries like China.
Narayana Murthy said on a podcast with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai that the youngsters have to work 12 hours a day for the country to catch up with economies that have seen tremendous progress in the past 2-3 decades.