India, Nov. 19 -- N.R. Narayana Murthy's advice on '9-9-6' work culture applies to entrepreneurs and not regular office goers, T.V. Mohandas Pai said on Wednesday, even as he maintained that such working hours should be voluntary.

"This is for a select group of innovators who want to build unicorns," Pai, who was chief financial officer of Infosys Ltd. when Murthy was chief executive, told ET Now during an interaction. "Ordinary employees are not being asked to work 70 hours (per week). Nobody is asking bank staff or people in offices to do this."

During a recent interview with Republic TV, Murthy revisited his earlier call of 70-hour workweek from 2023, saying that China's "9-9-6" work culture should be the benchmark for discipline in ...