Rohan Murty

Rohan Murty
Born 1983
Hubli, Karnataka, India
Education Cornell University, Harvard University
Spouse(s) Lakshmi Venu (2011-2015)
Parent(s) N. R. Narayana Murthy, Sudha Murthy
Relatives Akshata Murthy (Sister)

Dr. Rohan Narayana Murty (Kannada:ರೋಹನ್ ಮೂರ್ತಿ, he spells his last name differently from that of his father's) is junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and the founder of the Murty Classical Library of India. He is the only son of N. R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.

Background and personal life

Rohan is the son of Narayan Murthy, founder of Infosys, and his wife Sudha Murthy, an engineer and author of note. Shrinivas Kulkarni, a professor of astrophysics and planetary science at California Institute of Technology is his maternal uncle, and is said to have been a major influence on Rohan.[1] He grew up with a deep passion for programming since his childhood.[2]

Rohan studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore for fourteen years, from pre-school to higher secondary school. After completing his 12th standard board exams from there, he moved to the USA and took an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.[3] This was followed by a PhD in computer engineering from Harvard university, which he obtained in 2011. The subject of his doctoral thesis was Opportunistic Wireless Networks, being networks which work by continually seeking and using underused portions of spectrum currently, and vacating them if any incumbent returns.[4] His PhD was supported by a Siebel Scholars Fellowship and a Microsoft Research Fellowship.[5]

Rohan was briefly married to Lakshmi Venu (Srinivasan), daughter of Venu Srinivasan, chairman of TVS Motors.[6] The wedding was held in June 2011. However, couple separated in 2013 and were granted a divorce in October 2015.[7]

Corporate career


He is currently on leave from being a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is associated with Catamaran Ventures, a $127-million venture capital fund headed by N.R.N. Murthy.[8]

In June 2013, Rohan was appointed as an executive assistant at the Chairman's Office reporting to Narayana Murthy at Infosys, when Narayana Murthy returned to Infosys. His appointment as Vice President at Infosys was subjected to approval by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, India.[9] Rohan left company on June 14, 2014 when his father stepped down as Executive Chairman.[10]

As on June 1, 2013, he is said to have owned Infosys shares worth $347 million.[11]

Murti Classical Library

Although he does not read Sanskrit, as a PhD student, he took a class focussing on Kumarila Bhatta’s Shlokavartika which got him interested in ancient Indian Philosophy and sciences.[12]

He is the founder of the Murty Classical Library of India, which is a continuation of the Clay Sanskrit Library Project headed by Sheldon Pollock. He recently rejected a petition[13] asking that Sheldon Pollock be removed from the position of the chief editor of the Murty Classical Library.[14]

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References

  1. ↑ The Unlikely Infoscion, Doting father or boss under pressure? Suveen K. Sinha, Business Today July 7, 2013
  2. ↑ Code, work, fun: Rohan Murty on why he doesn't consider work as ‘work’, Saritha Rai, Indian Express, May 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Imported From India, Best And Brightest Want To Work In U.S., CBS 60 Minutes, 2003 Jun 19, Rebecca Leung
  4. ↑ Lunch with BS: Rohan Murty, the master of many trades, Rahul Jacob, March 6, 2015
  5. ↑ "Rohan Narayana Murthy Harvard education 2013". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Narayana Murthy". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Power couple Rohan Murty & Lakshmi Venu formally separate, Economic Times, Nov 20, 2015
  8. ↑ Meet one of India's richest executive assistants: Narayana Murthy's son Rohan, Jun 2, 2013
  9. ↑ "Rohan Narayana Murty as Vice President in Infosys".
  10. ↑ Rohan Murty to leave Infosys on June 14, BT Online Bureau New Delhi, June 12, 2014
  11. ↑ Rohan Murty, a multi million-dollar executive assistant, June 1, 2013
  12. ↑ The modern revivalists, Elizabeth Kuruvilla, Jan 24 2015
  13. ↑ Pro-JNU Statement Spawns Petition For Ouster Of Sheldon Pollock As Editor Of Murty Classical Library, HuffPost India, Indrani Basu, 01/03/2016
  14. ↑ Sheldon Pollock Stays, Says Rohan Murty On Protests Against Sanskrit Scholar, Divyanshu Dutta Roy, NDTV March 04, 2016
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