Sudha Murthy, born on August 19, 1950, is an Indian philanthropist and author known for her work in literature and social causes. She is a prominent figure in the Infosys Foundation, contributing to healthcare, education, and poverty alleviation, and has written numerous books in Kannada and English. Her accomplishments include receiving major awards for literature and social work, and she has played a significant role in empowering rural communities through various initiatives.

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3.  Sudha Murthy (also spelled Murty; née
Kulkarni on 19 August 1950) is an Indian
philanthropist and writer in Kannada and
English.

4.  Sudha Murthy was born on 19 August 1950
in Shiggaon in Karnataka, India. Daughter of
surgeon Dr. R. H. Kulkarni and his wife Vimala
Kulkarni.
 She and her siblings were raised by her
parents & maternal grandparents.
 These childhood experiences form the
historical basis for her first notable work
entitled ”How I Taught my Grandmother to
Read“& Other Stories.

5.  Murthy completed a B.E. in Electrical
Engineering from the B.V.B. College of
Engineering & Technology, standing first in
her class & receiving a gold medal from
the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
 Murthy completed M.E. in Computer Science
from the Indian Institute of Science, standing
first in her class and receiving a gold medal
from the Indian Institute of Engineers.[

6.  Sudha Murthy married N.R. Narayana
Murthy while employed as an engineer at TELCO
in Pune.The couple have two children Akshata
and Rohan.
 In an interview with the Filmfare magazine, Mrs.
Murthy said “I have 500 DVDs that I watch in my
home theatre. I see a film in totality – its
direction, editing… all aspects. People know me
as a social worker, as an author… but no one
knows me as a movie buff. That’s why I am glad
to do this interview with Filmfare”. The cineaste,
who even went to the extent of watching 365
films in 365 days confides, “I could have actually
become a film journalist. I never get bored of
movies!”

7.  In an installation ceremony of chairpersons of
Ficci Ladies Organisation (FLO), Murthy said
the advice she got from J.R.D.Tata when she
left her job to assist her husband Narayana
Murthy to startup company Infosys which
changed her life. He told her to remember
that no one was owner of money. “You are
only trustee of money and it always changes
hands. When you are successful, give it back
to society that gave you so much goodwill”.

8.  Murthy became the first female engineer
hired at India's largest auto
manufacturer TATA Engineering and
Locomotive Company(TELCO). Murthy joined
the company as a Development Engineer in
Pune and then worked in Mumbai &
Jamshedpur as well. Murthy 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. She later
joined Walchand Group of Industries at Pune
as Senior Systems Analyst.

9.  In 1996, she started Infosys Foundation & till
date has been the Trustee of Infosys
Foundation and a Visiting Professor at the PG
Center of Bangalore University. She also
taught at Christ College. She has written and
published many books, of which two are
travelogues, two technical books, six novels
and three educative books.
 Two institutions of higher learning, the H.R.
Kadim Diwan Building housing the Computer
Science & Engineering (CSE) department at IIT
Kanpur and the Narayan Rao Melgiri
Memorial National Law Library at NLSIU were
both endowed and inaugurated by the
Infosys Foundation.

10.  Murthy’s social work covers the healthcare,
education, empowerment of women, public
hygiene, art and culture & poverty alleviation
at the grassroots level. Her vision of a library
for each school has resulted in the setting up
of 50,000 libraries so far.
 She is helping out rural areas by building
10,000 public toilets and several hundred
toilets in the city of Bangalore. Infosys
Foundation is a public charitable trust
founded in 1996 and Murthy is one of the
trustees.

11.  Through Foundation she has built 2,300
houses in the flood affected areas. She has
handled national natural disasters like
tsunami in Tamil Nadu & Andaman,
earthquake in Kutch – Gujarat, hurricane and
floods in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and drought
in Karnataka and Maharashtra. The
Government of Karnataka awarded her the
prestigious literary award, the ‘Attimabbe
Award’ –for her literary work for the year
2011–12.

12.  SHE GOT FIRST POSITION IN M.TECH IN ALL
THE BRANCHES.
 SHE GOT SILVER MEDAL FROM CHIEF
MINISTER OF KARNATKA FOR SECURING
HIGHEST MARKS IN B.E IN ALL UNIVERSITIES
OF ENGINEERING IN KARNATKA.
 CASH AWARD FOR SECURING HIGHEST
MARKS IN SSLC.
 SHE GOT BEST TEACHER AWARD IN 1995.

13.  IN 2006, SHE GOT PADMA SHRI THE FOURTH
HIGHEST RANKING CIVILIAN AWARD FROM
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & RECEIVED AN
HONARY DOCTRATE FOR HER
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE SPHERES OF SOCIAL
WORK & etc.
 IN 2006 SHE ALSO RECEIVED R.K NARAYAN’S
AWARD FOR LITERATURE.
 IN 2011, SHE WAS CONFERRED HONARARY
LL.D (DOCTOR OF LAWS) DEGREES FOR HER
CONTRIBUTION TO PROMOTE FROMAL LEGAL
EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP IN INDIA.

14.  Murthy is a prolific fiction author in Kannada
and English. She has published several books,
mainly through Penguin, that espouse her
philosophical views on charity, hospitality
and self-realization through fictional
narratives.
 Some of her notable books in Kannada
are Dollar Sose, Runa, Kaveri inda
Mekaangige, Hakkiya
Teradalli, Athirikthe, Guttondu Heluve.
 **Prolific-present in large numbers
 ** Fiction-describes imaginary events and
people.

15.  The book ”How I Taught My Grandmother to
Read “& Other Stories has been translated
into 15 languages including Hindi, Marathi
and Assamese. Her latest book is The Day I
Stopped Drinking Milk. Other notable books
by her are Wise and Otherwise, Old Man and
his God,The Magic Drum And Other Favourite
Stories[and Gently Falls the Bakula.
 Marathi movie 'Pitruroon' is based on a story
by Sudha Murthy.

16.  Samanyaralli Asamanyaru
 Mahashweta
 Yashashvi
 Tumula
 Kaveri Inda Mekaangige
 Guttondu Heluve
 Manada Matu
 Dollar Sose
 Paridhi
 Makkaligagi – Nanna Mechina Kathegalu (children's stories)
 Runa
 Hakkiya Teradalli (travelogue)
 Shalamakkaligagi Computer
 Athirikthe
 Sukeshini Mattu Itara Makkala Kathegalu
 Computer Lokadalli

17.  How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
 The Old Man and His God: Discovering the Spirit of India
 The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
 Wise & Otherwise
 Gently Falls the Bakula
 The Accolades Galore
 The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic
 Dollar Bahu
 Grandma's Bag of Stories (children's fiction)
 The Magic Drum And Other Favourite Stories (children's stories)
 House of Cards
 The Mother I Never Knew'(two novellas)
 Mahashweta
 Three thousand stitches
 HOUSE OF CARDS

19. When writer Sudha
Murthy was called
‘cattle class’

20. 'The clothes were a reminder of
the stereotype that is still rampant
today. Just like one is expected to
wear the finest of silks for a
wedding, social workers must
present themselves in a plain and
uninteresting manner,' she writes.
'Class does not mean huge
possession of money. Mother
Teresa was a classy woman. '

21.  http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/sudh
a-murty-of-infosys-was-called-cattle-class-at-
london-airport-here-s-what-she-did/story-
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35.  Reason why I choose this topics –
 “Every word a woman writes changes the
story of the world, revises the official
version.”