PHANEESH MURTHY

I'm not trying to sell a project. I'm trying to sell a relationship.

For every 100 doors that you knock on, 98 get shut in your face.

I have spent my whole life proving disbelievers wrong.

It allows us to reach a billion dollars in a short time, so that you are just an order of magnitude away from the big players.

You have to empathise with people who are doing a deal after 32 years of starting a company. It is an emotional decision for the founders of Patni.