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| Chandrababu Naidu'sI inspired Satya Nadella speech , was made in Vijayawada during an official programme (video below) |
June 7, 2016, NewsCrunch
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has drawn widespread ridicule by claiming that he inspired Satya Nadella to become Microsoft CEO.
He has claimed that he started promoting Information Technology so early in AP, it inspired Satya Nadella, to take up a career in the subject, which eventually saw him becoming Microsoft CEO.
Son of an IAS officer Nadella Yugandher, Satya Nadella was born in Anantpur and had his early schooling in Hyderabad.
Chandrababu Naidu's speech, which was caught on camera, was made in Vijayawada during an official programme Nava Nirmana Deeksha in the last week of May.
The CM said he had called to congratulate Yugandher when Satya Nadella was chosen to succeed Steve Ballmer at Microsoft. The retired IAS office reportedly told him that Satya Nadella got inspired by his talks on information technology and decided to pursue a career in that.
It was only because Chandrababu Naidu had spoken about Information Technology so early, Satya Nadella became Microsoft CEO, went the claim.
Chandrababu Naidu comments drew ridicule in AP, a state that is at the forefront of IT revolution in India. YSR Congress Party MLA Buggana Rajendranath Reddy held a press conference to refute Chandrababu Naidu's claim.
He pointed out that Satya Nadella had already become a computer science n engineer when Chandrababu Naidu became CM in the 1995.
The facts support Buggana Rajendranath Reddy. Satya Nadella passed out of electrical engineering from Manipal Institute in Karnataka and got an M.S. degree in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1990.
That was well before Chandrababu Naidu became CM and started talking about Information Technology.
In the early days of Information Technology, Chandrababu Naidu and his Karnataka counterpart S M Krishna had aggressively promoted the industry in their states.
But using that record to claim credit for Satya Nadella's success is a bit far-fetched.
As Buggana Rajendranath Reddy asked by had Chandrababu Naidu failed to inspire own son Nara Lokesh to seek a career in Information Technology.