Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life and education  





2 Career  





3 Philanthropy  





4 Personal life  





5 Awards  





6 Bibliography  



6.1  Books  







7 References  





8 External links  














Sudha Murty









Deutsch
Ελληνικά
Español
فارسی
Français

ि
Bahasa Indonesia

ि


مصرى

پنجابی
Русский
Simple English
سنڌي
ி


Українська
اردو
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

(Redirected from Sudha Murthy)

Sudha Murthy
Sudha Murty in 2023
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
8 March 2024
Nominated byDroupadi Murmu
ConstituencyNominated (Philanthropy, Literature & Education)
Personal details
Born

Sudha Kulkarni


(1950-08-19) 19 August 1950 (age 73)
Shiggaon, Mysore State (present–day Karnataka), India
SpouseN. R. Narayana Murty
ChildrenAkshata Murty
Rohan Murty
RelativesShrinivas Kulkarni (brother)
Gururaj Deshpande (brother-in-law)
Rishi Sunak (son-in-law)
Alma mater
  • Indian Institute of Science (ME)
  • OccupationMember of Parliament & Chairperson of Infosys Foundation
    Children's writer
    AwardsPadma Shri (2006)
    Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award Sahitya Akademi Award for children's Literature (2010)
    Padma Bhushan (2023)

    Sudha Murty (née Kulkarni; born 20 August 1951) is an Indian educator, author, and philanthropist. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murty. She was a former chairperson of the non-profit charitable organization Infosys Foundation. In 2024, Murty was nominated as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha on 8 March 2024 for her contribution in social work and education. Murty was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for social work by the Government of India in 2006.[1] In 2023, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.[2]

    Sudha Murty began her professional career in computer science and engineering. She is a member of the public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation.[3][4] She has founded several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the movement to provide all Karnataka government schools with computer and library facilities, and established Murty Classical Library of IndiaatHarvard University.[5][6][7][8][9]

    Murty is best known for her philanthropy and her contribution to literature in Kannada and English. Dollar Bahu (lit.'Dollar Daughter-in-Law'), a novel originally authored by her in Kannada and later translated into English as Dollar Bahu, was adapted as a televised dramatic series[10]byZee TV in 2001.[11] Runa (lit.'Debt'), a story by Sudha Murty was adapted as a Marathi film, Pitruroon by director Nitish Bhardwaj. Sudha Murty has also acted in the film[12] as well as a Kannada film Prarthana.[13][14]

    Early life and education

    [edit]

    Sudha Murty was born to a Kannada-speaking family on 20 August 1951 in Shiggaon, Haveri districtinMysore State (present-day Karnataka), India, the daughter of R. H. Kulkarni, a surgeon, and his wife Vimala Kulkarni, a schoolteacher. She was raised by her parents and maternal grandparents. These childhood experiences form the historical basis for her first notable work entitled How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, Wise and Otherwise and Other Stories.[15] Murty completed a BEng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (now known as KLE Technological University), and then a MEng in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science.[16][17]

    Career

    [edit]

    Sudha Murty became the first female engineer hired at India's largest auto manufacturer TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO).[18] She joined the company as a Development Engineer in Pune and then worked in Mumbai & Jamshedpur as well. She had written a postcard to the company's Chairman complaining of the "men only" gender bias at TELCO. As a result, she was granted a special interview and hired immediately.[19][17] She later joined Walchand Group of Industries at Pune as Senior Systems Analyst.

    In 1996, she started Infosys Foundation and to date has been the Trustee of Infosys Foundation and a Visiting Professor at the PG Center of Bangalore University. She also taught at Christ University.[20]

    Sudha Murty has written and published many books which include novels, non-fiction, travelogues, technical books, and memoirs. Her books have been translated into all major Indian languages. She is also a columnist for English and Kannada newspapers.[21]

    Philanthropy

    [edit]
    Sudha Murty at the Infosys Foundation

    Murty's Infosys Foundation is a public charitable trust founded in 1996.[22]

    Personal life

    [edit]

    Sudha Murty is married to Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murthy.[23] They married when she was employed as an engineer at TELCO in Pune.[24] The couple have two children, including fashion designer Akshata Murty, who is married to former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak.

    Her siblings include Caltech astrophysicist Shrinivas Kulkarni and Jaishree Deshpande (wife of Gururaj Deshpande) who co-founded the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT.

    Awards

    [edit]
    Droupadi Murmu presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. (Smt.) Sudha Murthy
    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. (Smt.) Sudha Murthy
    Murthy receiving the Raja Lakshmi Award

    Bibliography

    [edit]

    Books

    [edit]

    Kannada


    Marathi

    English

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Sudha Murty Profile – Write India Season 2 Author". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  • ^ "Full list of 2023 Padma awards". The Hindu. 25 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  • ^ Ratan Tata, Rahul Dravid on Gates Foundation board Archived 22 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. tata.com. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  • ^ "The Hindu : Gates Foundation's AIDS initiative launched". 31 December 2003. Archived from the original on 31 December 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Murty family gift establishes Murty Classical Library of India series". Harvard Gazette. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "Murthy, wife gift Harvard $5.2 mn to publish Indian classics – Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ R, Prerna (23 January 2011). "Sudha Murthy: Humility personified". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "I'm enjoying my acting stint: Sudha Murthy – The Times of India". 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Murty Classical Library of India". www.murtylibrary.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Why Sudha Murty feels men should be better at household work than women". The Times of India.
  • ^ "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Article". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Author Murthy makes acting debut with Pitruroon – Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  • ^ "Sudha Murty makes cameo appearance in Kannada movie". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "Acting in films isn't easy, says Sudha Murthy after playing cameo in Kannada film". The News Minute. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "About Mrs. Narayan Murthy". nipun.servicespace.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Nobody believed I was an IISc graduate: Sudha Murty". Deccan Chronicle. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ a b "One woman, many roles". The Hindu. 3 July 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ Digita, Et now (6 June 2021). "Throwback: When Sudha Murthy's letter to JRD Tata led her to become 1st woman engineer to work for TELCO". timesnownews. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  • ^ Rana, S Gautam (24 October 2022). "Sudha Murthy still fond of Tatas | Patna News – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "Presenting Harmony's silvers – sparkling lives, success stories, accounts of endurance, courage, grit, and passion". harmonyindia.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  • ^ "On sanitation and heritage restoration: Sudha Murty, Infosys Foundation". The Economic Times. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ Sundar, Pushpa (16 February 2017). Giving with a Thousand Hands: The Changing Face of Indian Philanthropy. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199470686.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-947068-6.
  • ^ Sarkar, Malabika (19 February 2015). "Murty, not Murthy – My husband spells his name wrong, says Sudha Murty". The Telegraph Online. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  • ^ JRD's words inspired me in philanthropy: Sudha Murthy Archived 22 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. tata.com (23 October 2002). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  • ^ "Raja-Lakshmi Award for Sudha Murty". 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "India's Finest". rediff.com.
  • ^ "Padma Awards Dashboard". padmaawards.gov.in.
  • ^ "R.K. Narayana's Award for Literature". EconomicTimes. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  • ^ "Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Awards". Department of Kannada and Culture Official website of Government of Karnataka. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  • ^ "Santosh Hegde, Sudha Murthy to be conferred honorary doctorate". Deccan Herald. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Narayana Murthy, Sudha Receive Basava Shree Award". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  • ^ "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ IANS (21 December 2018). "Tharoor, Sudha Murthy, Bond, Soha Ali Khan conferred Crossword Book Awards". Business Standard India. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • ^ "IIT Kanpur honors India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand with honorary doctorate degree". India Today. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  • ^ "Full list of 2023 Padma awards". The Hindu. 25 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  • ^ "Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  • ^ Bhalla, Gursharan (2 October 2023). "Sudha Murthy becomes first woman to get Global Indian Award". Indiatimes. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  • [edit]
  • flag India
  • Literature
  • icon Business
  • icon Society

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudha_Murty&oldid=1235788346"

    Categories: 
    1951 births
    20th-century Indian engineers
    20th-century Indian novelists
    20th-century Indian women scientists
    20th-century Indian women writers
    20th-century women engineers
    21st-century Indian engineers
    21st-century Indian novelists
    21st-century Indian women scientists
    21st-century Indian women writers
    21st-century women engineers
    Educators from Karnataka
    Engineers from Karnataka
    English-language writers from India
    Indian children's writers
    Indian computer scientists
    Indian Institute of Science alumni
    Indian women children's writers
    Indian women computer scientists
    Indian women engineers
    Indian women novelists
    Kannada people
    Kannada-language writers
    Karnatak University alumni
    Living people
    Murthy family
    Novelists from Karnataka
    People from Haveri district
    Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work
    Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work
    Scientists from Bangalore
    Social workers from Karnataka
    Women educators from Karnataka
    Women scientists from Karnataka
    Women writers from Karnataka
    Writers from Bangalore
    Hidden categories: 
    Webarchive template wayback links
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Use dmy dates from December 2019
    Pages using infobox officeholder with unknown parameters
    Commons category link is on Wikidata
    Articles with Open Library links
    Articles with FAST identifiers
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with SUDOC identifiers
     



    This page was last edited on 21 July 2024, at 06:32 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki