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Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan is an Indian industrialist, and one of the seven founders of Infosys Technologies, [1] a global consulting and IT services company based in India. The company was incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.", with Raghavan's house in Model Colony, north-central Pune as the registered office. [1] Raghavan is the first official employee of the Infosys company and he retired as joint managing director in 2000. After retiring from Infosys, he worked as a chairman at Murugappa Group for one year. [2] Along with a few associates, he started Nadathur Holdings & Investments in 2000. [3] He is currently the chairman of the advisory council of the N. S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIM Bangalore.

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He has two sons who are both businessmen & Entrepreneurs, Sriram Nadathur and Anand Nadathur. . [4]

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