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. 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. Philanthropy Murty's Infosys Foundation is a public charitable trust founded in 1996 Personal life Sudha Murty married N. R. Narayana Murthy while employed as an engineer at TELCO in Pune. The couple have two children, including fashion designer Akshata Murty, who is married to the current British Prime Minister, 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 2004: Raja-Lakshmi Award by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in Chennai 2006: India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri 2006: She also received the R.K. Narayana's Award for Literature. 2010: Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award by Karnataka Government. 2011: Murthy was conferred honorary LL.D (Doctor of Laws) degrees for contributions to promote formal legal education and scholarship in India. 2013: Basava Shree-2013 Award was presented to Narayan Murthy & Sudha Murthy for their contributions to society. 2018: Murthy received the Crossword Book award in popular (Non-Fiction) category. 2019: IIT Kanpur awarded her Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa) of Doctor of Science. 2023: Murthy has been conferred with India's third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan by President of India. National Award from Public Relation Society of India for outstanding Social Service to the Society Award for Excellent Social Service by Rotary South – Hubli "Millenium Mahila Shiromani" award 2023: Padma Bhushan by the Government of India Bibliography Books Kannada Dollar SoseRunaKaveri inda MekaangigeHakkiya TeradalliAthiriktheGuttondu HeluveMahashwetaTumlaNooniya SahasagaluSamanyralli AsamanyaruComputer lokadalliParidhiYashasviGuttondu HeluveAstitvaYerilitada DaariyalliSukhesini Mattu Itara Makkala KathegaluEnglish The Mother I Never KnewThree Thousand StitchesThe Man from the EggHere, There, EverywhereThe Magic of the Lost TempleThe Bird with Golden WingsHow I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other StoriesThe Old Man And His GodWise and OtherwiseMahashwetaThe Day I Stopped Drinking MilkThe Serpent's RevengeGently Falls The BakulaHouse of CardsSomething Happened on the Way To HeavensThe Magic Drum and Other Favorite StoriesThe Bird with the Golden WingsHow The Sea Became SaltyHow The Onion got