Posted 3/8/2024, 6:04:00 PM
Rishi Sunak's Mother-In-Law, Infosys Co-Founder Sudha Murty, Appointed to Indian Parliament by PM Modi
- Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law, Sudha Murty, has been appointed to India's parliament by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Murty is the 73-year-old founder and former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the tech giant co-founded by her husband
- Her daughter, Akshata, is married to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
- Modi praised Murty's "immense and inspiring" contributions to social work, philanthropy and education
- Murty was India's first female engineer hired by Tata, and her husband borrowed money from her to start Infosys, now India's seventh largest company