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'''Sudha Kulkarni Murthy''' ({{lang-kn|ಸುಧಾ ಮೂರ್ತಿ}})(born August 19, 1950 in [[Shiggaon]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]) is an Indian [[social work]]er and author. She is known for her philanthropic work through the [[Infosys Foundation]] but was a computer scientist and engineer in her early career. She was the first female computer engineer employed at ([[Tata motors]]) and worked as a programmer in the early days of [[Infosys]]. Among other things, she has initiated a move to provide all government schools in [[Karnataka]] with computer and library facilities. She also teaches [[computer science]] and writes fiction. ''Dollar Sose'' (''Dollar daughter-in-law''), a book originally she wrote in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and later translated to [[English language|English]] as ''[[Dollar Bahu]]'' was adopted as a television serial in 2001. |
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==Early life== |
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Revision as of 10:49, 12 April 2011
Sudha Murthy ಸುಧಾ ಮೂರ್ತಿ | |
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| Born | August 19, 1950 |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker and writer. |
| Spouse | N. R. Narayana Murthy |
Early life
She did B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli. She stood first in Karnataka for which she received a gold medal from the Chief Minister of Karnataka. She also completed her M.E. in Computer Science in 1974 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, stood first in her class and received a gold medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers.
She was also the first woman engineer to be selected in Telco (now Tata Motors), Pune. She had written a postcard to JRD Tata complaining of the gender bias in Tata Motors (Telco then had a men-only policy) and she was invited for a special interview by Tata Motors.[1] She was living in Pune from 1974–1981, later she moved to Mumbai. It was her savings of Rs. 10,000 that was instrumental in the founding of Infosys; N.R. Narayana Murthy proudly mentions this fact on several occasions.
Books
Sudha Murthy has written many stories, mostly published by Penguin, which deal with common lives and her views on donations, hospitality and realisation. Some of them include Sweet Hospitality and Wise and Otherwise. She also focuses on social works and her husband Narayana 's achievements.
Some of them are following -
1- How I Taught My Grandmother To Read 2-The Bird with Golden Wings 3-Gently Falls the Bakula 4-Dollar Bahu 5-Mahashweta 6-Old Man And His God 7-Wise & Otherwise 8-Magic Drum & other Favourite Stories
Awards
On November 19, 2004, she was presented with the Raja-Lakshmi Award "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to social work" by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.
In 2006, she was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India and received an honorary doctorate from Sathyabama University.
Personal details
Mrs. Murthy is the wife of software industrialist N.R. Narayana Murthy, the sister of Jaishree Deshpande (wife of billionaire telecom tycoon Gururaj Deshpande) and renowned Caltech astrophysicist Shrinivas Kulkarni, and the granddaughter of the late Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri, a prominent early 20th century Kannadiga advocate.
The couple have two children - Rohan and Akshata. On Aug. 30, 2009, Akshata Murthy tied the knot with her Stanford classmate Rishi Sunak, in a well-attended ceremony at the Hotel Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore. Akshata, is a former associate of Siderian Ventures, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Rishi Sunak, a British citizen of Indian origin, is a partner at the UK-based charitable hedge fund TCI, The Children’s Investment fund.
References
External links
- Profile on karnataka.com
- Raja-Lakshmi award for Sudha Murthy - article in the Hindu dated August 15, 2004
- Aapro JRD
- Deshpande-Murthy
- Melgiri-Murthy