The world needs Nobel laureate and the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus and his ideas today more than ever, said Narayana Murthy, the founder of Indian tech giant Infosys.
"Incredibly, at age 84 he remains as productive as ever, travelling the world from his home in Bangladesh to inspire a new generation of young entrepreneurs to create their own social businesses and challenging corporate leaders to incorporate his model into aspects of their companies," Narayana Murthy write in an opinion piece published in The Print on 6 August.
"In today’s troubled world, we need Yunus and his ideas more than ever. This is true in India, other major economies, and smaller, less developed countries and regions," he added.
Supporting Yunus in this mission is crucial, particularly in enabling him to use his influence, ideas, and energy for the common good, and therefore maximise the good he can do for people, institutions, governments, and academia, the Indian billionaire businessman wrote, adding, "My ardent hope is that any free society that hopes to benefit from Yunus’s extraordinary work, will allow him to continue his great work unencumbered."
"Business leaders often talk about how society can create an enabling environment for commercial activity. The same is true for social entrepreneurship. We must formulate an agenda in India and beyond that encourages social business, impact investment, social stock exchanges, and the like while also celebrating and supporting leaders like Yunus at the pinnacle of their creative powers and the kinds of idealistic entrepreneurs incubated and supported by organisations like Action for India that seek to build a thriving ecosystem for social entrepreneurship," the opinion piece said.
"Let us all focus our energies on turning other human endeavours into socially progressive ones, as Yunus has done with banking, sports, and many other fields. A world of impact and progress awaits," Narayana Murthy further said.
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