Sudha Murthy was born to a Kannada -speaking family on 19 August 1950 in Shiggaon, Haveri in Karnataka, India, the daughter of R. H. Kulkarni, a surgeon, and his wife Vimala Kulkarni, a school teacher. She was raised by her parents and maternal grandparents. These childhood experiences form the historical basis for her first notable work entitled How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, Wise and Otherwise and Other Stories. She has completed a B.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (now known as KLE Technological University), and then a MEng in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science.

Established in 1996, the Infosys Foundation supports programs in the areas of education, rural development, healthcare, arts and culture, and destitute care. Its mission is to work in remote regions of several states in India.

The Infosys Foundation takes pride in working with all sections of society, selecting projects with infinite care, and working in areas that traditionally overlooked by society at large.

At the outset, the Infosys Foundation implemented programs in Karnataka, and subsequently extended its coverage to Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Infosys is committed to the communities in which it operates. This has led to the creation of Infosys Foundation to support the underprivileged sections of society. A not-for-profit initiative aimed at fulfilling the social responsibility of Infosys Ltd., the Infosys Foundation creates opportunities and strives towards a more equitable society.

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: Murty 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 Murty & Sudha Murty for their contributions to society.

2018: Murty received the Crossword Book award in popular (Non-Fiction) category.

2019: IIT Kanpur awarded her Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa) of Doctor of Science.

2023: Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

2023: Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar.

2023: The Global Indian Award, which is worth $50, 000, is given each year to a prominent Indian who has made a major mark in his or her chosen field. Her husband Narayanamurthy too got the same award in 2014, so they became first couple conferred with this award. She donated the sum to the Field Institute (University of Toronto).

Kannada

• Computer lokadalli (2000)
• Hakkiya Teradali (2003)
• Guttondu Heluve (2006)
• Saamaanyralli Asaamaanyaru (2006)
• Athirikthe (2007)
• Tumula (2007)
• Yashasvi (2007)
• Runa (2008)
• Sukeshini Mattu Itara Makkala Kathegalu (2008)
• Paridhi (2009)
• Yerilitada Daariyalli (2017)
• Kaveri inda Mekaangige
• Nooniya Sahasagalu

Marathi

• Astitva (2002)

English

• Wise and Otherwise (2002)
• Mahashweta (2002)
• How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories (2004)
• The Old Man And His God (2006)
• Gently Falls The Bakula (2008)
• The Bird with Golden Wings (2009)
• The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk (2012)
• Grandma''s Bag of Stories (2012)
• House of Cards (2013)
• Dollar Bahu (2013)
• The Magic Drum and Other Favorite Stories (2013)
• The Mother I Never Knew (2014)
• Something Happened on the Way To Heavens (2014)
• The Magic of the Lost Temple (2015)
• The Serpent''s Revenge (2016)
• Three Thousand Stitches (2017)
• The Man from the Egg (2017)
• Here, There, Everywhere (2018)
• The Upside Down King (2018)
• How The Sea Became Salty (2019)
• The Daughter From A Wishing Tree (2019)
• How The Onion got its layers (2020)
• Grandparents Bag of Stories (2020)
• The Gopi Diaries: Coming Home (2020)
• The Gopi Diaries: Finding Love (2021)
• The Sage With Two Horns (2021)
• The Gopi Diaries: Growing Up (2022)