President nominates Sudha Murty to Rajya Sabha; ‘powerful testament to Nari Shakti’, says PM Modi

 

On the occasion of Women’s Day, President Droupadi Murmu nominated Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty to Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a post on X.

“Sudha Ji’s contributions to diverse fields including social work, philanthropy and education have been immense and inspiring. Her presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to our ‘Nari Shakti’, exemplifying the strength and potential of women in shaping our nation’s destiny,” Modi wrote in his post.

The 73-year-old was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006 and the Padma Bhushan in 2023. She has also received the RK Narayan Award for Literature, the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011, and more recently , the Lifetime Achievement by Crossword Book Awards in 2018.

Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon, Haveri District in North Karnataka, and completed her engineering from BVB College of Engineering, where she obtained first rank across all branches, and went on to receive a gold medal from the Institute of Engineers. Studying in a Kannada-language school till class 10, she forged strong ties with the language, leading her to establish more than 60,000 libraries in Karnataka.

A prolific writer in English and Kannada, her books have been translated into all major Indian languages and have sold over 26 lakh copies across the country.