After graduating in electrical engineering from IIT mumbai in 1978, Nandan Nilekani joined Patni computers.Here he worked under Narayan Murthy.Three years later in 1981,Nandan Nilekani along with Narayan Murthy and five other co-founder founded Infosys.While Narayan Murthy stayed in India,Nandan nilekani shifted to U.S to take care of Infosy's intrests there.He was the company's marketing face.