As an engineer, Sudha Murthy wrote a letter to JRD Tata that modified TELCO’s employment coverage. Little did she know then that she would make historical past, and turn out to be an icon for tens of millions of Indians.

An award-winning writer, chairperson of Infosys Basis and a social employee, Sudha Murthy is a reputation recognised by many in India. 

A current Padma Bhushan awardee, Sudha Murthy has turn out to be a number one inspiration for girls around the globe. However have you learnt the wrestle and sexism she confronted again within the day to achieve the place she is at present? 

Right here is her inspirational story- 

Almost half a century in the past, when Murthy was a younger graduate recent out of faculty, she began to search for jobs. On the lookout for appropriate jobs, she got here throughout an advert for a job within the Tata Group which learn – ‘Woman candidates needn’t apply.’

This angered her and she or he wrote a letter addressing it on to JRD Tata, who was the top of the Tata group. She wrote, “The good Tatas have at all times been pioneers. They’re the individuals who began the fundamental infrastructure industries in India, corresponding to iron and metal, chemical compounds, textiles and locomotives. They’ve cared for increased schooling in India since 1900 they usually had been accountable for the institution of the Indian Institute of Science. Luckily, I research there. However I’m shocked how an organization corresponding to Telco is discriminating primarily based on gender.”

Ten days later, she received a telegram asking her to interview for a job within the firm’s Pune facility. This journey to Pune and the interview modified the course of her life and she or he turned the first girl engineer to work at Telco. 

The remainder is historical past, Murthy went on to interrupt the glass ceiling for girls time and again. From being a best-selling writer, chairperson of Infosys to successful a nationwide award, she says, “I’ve at all times believed in working laborious and having religion in myself.”

(Edited by Padmashree Pande)