A Philanthropist Speaks: “Lessons from Life”
Sudha Murthy, Chairperson: Infosys Foundation
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Monday, October 15
http://www.citris-uc.org/sudha-murthy-2007
Live online broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast
Part of the Center for South Asia Studies Public Lecture Series, Fall 2007, co-sponsored by CITRIS
Sudha Murty is an Indian social worker and an accomplished author. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and 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. An MTech in computer science, she teaches computer science to postgraduate students. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories and three collections of non-fiction pieces. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over 150,000 copies. She was awarded the Padmashree in 2006.
