SUDHA MURTHY

'Sudha Murthy' (Kannada:ಸುಧಾ ಮೂರ್ತಿ) (born Sudha Kulkarni, in Karnataka, India in 1950) is an Indian social worker and accomplished author.
She is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. 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 and later translated to English as ''Dollar Bahu'' was adopted as a television serial in 2001.
She completed her M.Tech. 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 also stood first in Karnataka in her graduation in electrical engineering done from B.V.Bhoomareddy College of Engineering & Technology Hubli for which she received a silver medal from the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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. (Please see external link Aapro JRD)
On November 19th 2004, the Raja-Lakshmi Award for the year 2004 was presented to her "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to social work" by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.
Mrs. Murthy is the wife of industrialist N.R. Narayana Murthy, the sister of Jaishree Deshpande (wife of serial entrepreneur Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande) and Caltech astrophysicist Shrinivas Kulkarni, and the granddaughter of the late Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri of Gadag, a prominent Kannadiga advocate.
She 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, Wise and Otherwise etc. She also focuses on society and her husband Narayana Murthy's achievements.
In 2006, she was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India and received an honorary doctorate from Sathyabama University.

Contents

External links

External links

★ Profile on karnataka.com

★ ''Raja-Lakshmi award for Sudha Murthy'' - article in the Hindu dated August 15, 2004

★ Aapro JRD