Question

character sketch of sudha murthy according to Chapter Gender Bias.

Answer 1

Sudha Murthy was born into a Mathwa family in Shiggaon in Karnataka.  She became the first female engineer hired by India's largest auto manufacturer ( TATA Engineering and locomotive company) TELCO.

Murthy social work covers the healthcare, education, empowerment of women, public hygiene, art and culture, poverty alleviation at the grassroots levels.

Sudha Murthy was extremely determined and resolute, In the final year of m- Tech in 1974 she was the only girl in her department in the Indian institute of science,  Bangalore.

One day she came across an advertisement for the post of an engineer in Telco, but it was clearly stated that ladies were not allowed to apply.

Sudha Murthy was shocked at this open display of gender discrimination, She then wrote a letter to JRD TATA expressing her displeasure of the discrimination on ladies and by that time she was planning to continue for her doctorate in computer science after completing post graduation.

She took the advertisement as a challenge and applied for the post, to her surprise she was called to the interview.

There she boldly expressed her views, she stressed that a start should be made to employ women too,and this really paved way for the acceptance of women in various fields.