India, Nov. 12 -- Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Thursday said that India needs major improvements when it comes to public governance, citing "potholed roads, collapsing bridges" and unchecked pollution among other issues.

Speaking virtually at the Infosys Prize announcement this morning, the 80-year-old businessman outlined a four-tier framework for how nations progress economically and technologically. He said that India is at the bottom stage when it comes to public infrastructure.

"I see four stages in a nation's journey," Murthy said while speaking at the Infosys Prize announcement in Bengaluru.

According to Murthy, at the bottom is the first stage, characterized by complete stagnation where a country neither creates new solut...