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{{short description|Indian entrepreneur (born 1982 or 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rohan Murty
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |36|2019|12|05|mos=1}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/rohan-murty-ties-the-knot-with-aparana-krishnan-in-a-private-wedding-ceremony-1625332-2019-12-05 |title=Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty's son Rohan ties knot with Aparna Krishnan in private ceremony |date=5 December 2019 |work=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Hubballi]], Karnataka, India
| education = {{Ubl | [[Cornell University]] (B.S.) | [[Harvard University]] (Ph.D.)}}
| title = {{Ubl
| Founder and [[Chief technology officer|CTO]], Soroco
| Founder [[Murty Classical Library of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.murtylibrary.com/people.php |title=People | Murty Classical Library of India |website=www.murtylibrary.com}}</ref>
| Junior fellow at the [[Harvard Society of Fellows]]
}}
| occupation = Entrepreneur
| spouse = {{Ubl
| {{marriage|[[Lakshmi Venu]]|2011|2015|reason=div}}<ref name=TDT>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/9222.html |title=Power couple Rohan Murty, Lakshmi Venu part ways |date=20 November 2015 |first1=Shan |last1=Ramen |work=[[Daily Tribune (Bahrain)|The Daily Tribune – News of Bahrain]] | access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>
| {{marriage|Aparna Krishnan|2019}}<ref name=TET>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/narayana-murthy-son-rohan-murthy-ties-the-knot-with-aparna-krishnan/story/391431.html |title=Narayana Murthy's son Rohan Murty ties the knot with Aparna Krishnan |date=3 December 2019 |magazine=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today India]] | access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
| father = [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]]
| mother = [[Sudha Murty]]
| family = {{Ubl
| [[Akshata Murty]] (sister)
| [[Rishi Sunak]] (brother-in-law)
}}
}}

'''Rohan Narayana Murty''' is a junior fellow at the [[Harvard Society of Fellows]], founder of the [[Murty Classical Library of India]] and founder and [[chief technical officer]] of the digital transformation company Soroco, which specialises in automation using [[artificial intelligence]] sources.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/rohan-murty-setting-up-innovation-lab-in-boston-to-work-on-automation-artificial-intelligence-sources/articleshow/46547307.cms |title=Rohan Murty setting up innovation lab in Boston to work on automation, artificial intelligence: Sources |date=13 March 2015 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/infosys-founder-nr-narayana-murthy-son-rohan-to-marry-aparna-krishnan-in-december/story/390137.html |title=Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy's son Rohan to marry Aparna Krishnan in December |magazine=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today India]] |date=13 November 2019 |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>

==Background and personal life==
Murty is the son of [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]], founder of [[Infosys]], and his wife [[Sudha Murty]], an engineer and author. [[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 Murty.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/features/rohan-murty-profile-infosys/story/195794.html |title=It is time for Murthy and Murty to figure each other out |magazine=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today India]] |date=19 June 2013}}</ref> Murty grew up with a passion for programming.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/code-work-fun-rohan-murty-on-why-he-doesnt-consider-work-as-work/ |title=Code, work, fun: Rohan Murty on why he doesn't consider work as 'work' |date=3 May 2015}}</ref> He has an older sister, [[Akshata Murty|Akshata Sunak]], wife of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]] [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=Sunaks' £5m Santa Monica flat offers sun, sea ... and a pet spa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/03/sunaks-5m-santa-monica-flat-offers-sun-sea-and-a-pet-spa |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The Observer |last=Neate |first=Rupert}}</ref>

Murty studied at the [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/rohan-murty-buys-chairs-made-of-wood-from-alma-matter-bishop-cotton-boys-schools-hall/articleshow/49478196.cms?from=mdr|title=Rohan Murty buys chairs made of wood from alma matter[sic] Bishop Cotton Boys' School's hall|date=21 October 2015|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> After completing his twelfth standard board exams, he moved to the US and took an undergraduate degree in [[Computer Science]] from [[Cornell University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kamalsinha.com/iit/cbs-60-minutes.html |title=CBS 60 minutes IIT |website=www.kamalsinha.com}}</ref> This was followed by a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in computer engineering from [[Harvard University]], which he obtained in 2011. The subject of his doctoral thesis was opportunistic wireless networks, networks that work by continually seeking and using underused portions of the spectrum, and vacating them if any incumbent returns.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-rohan-murty-the-master-of-many-trades-115030400846_1.html |title=Lunch with BS: Rohan Murty, the master of many trades |first=Rahul |last=Jacob |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=6 March 2015 |via=Business Standard}}</ref> His PhD was supported by a [[Siebel Scholars]] Fellowship and a [[Microsoft]] Research Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~rohan/Home.html |title=Rohan Narayana Murthy Harvard education 2013 |access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref>

Rohan was briefly married to [[Lakshmi Venu]] (Srinivasan), daughter of [[Venu Srinivasan]], chairman of [[TVS Motor Company|TVS Motors]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Narayana Murthy |url=http://www.narayanamurthy.in/family.htm |accessdate=7 September 2013}}</ref> and of his wife, [[Mallika Srinivasan]], CEO of [[Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited|TAFE]]. The wedding was held in June 2011; however, the couple separated in 2013 and were granted a divorce in October 2015.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160822035559/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/49853421.cms Power couple Rohan Murty & Lakshmi Venu formally separate, Economic Times, Nov 20, 2015]</ref> In December 2019, he married Aparna Krishnan, daughter of former [[Indian Navy]] officer K.R. Krishnan and his wife, Savithri Krishnan, a retired employee of [[State Bank of India|SBI]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/rohan-murty-ties-the-knot-with-aparna-krishnan-in-intimate-ceremony-nrn-murthy-sudha-murty-all-smiles-at-reception/articleshow/72341983.cms |title=Rohan Murty, Aparna Krishnan tie the knot in an intimate ceremony; Bombay Jayashri performs at reception |last= |first= |date=3 December 2019 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>

==Corporate career==
In June 2013, Murty was appointed as an executive assistant at the Chairman's Office reporting to Narayana Murthy at Infosys, when Narayana Murthy returned to the company. His appointment as Vice President at Infosys was subject to approval by the Indian [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-25/news/41446075_1_rishad-premji-rohan-murty-exporter |title=Rohan Narayana Murty as Vice President in Infosys |website=[[The Economic Times]] |date=25 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427053046/https://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-25/news/41446075_1_rishad-premji-rohan-murty-exporter |archive-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Murty left Infosys on 14 June 2014, when his father stepped down as Executive Chairman.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/rohan-murty-to-leave-infosys-narayana-murthy/story/207157.html |title=Rohan Murty to leave Infosys on June 14- Business News |magazine=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today India]] |date=12 June 2014}}</ref> As of 1 June 2013, Murty is said to have owned Infosys shares worth $347 million.<ref name=HBL>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/rohan-murty-a-multi-million-dollar-executive-assistant/article20620267.ece1 |title=Rohan Murty, a multi million-dollar executive assistant |date=1 June 2013 |first=Adith |last=Charlie |work=[[The Hindu Business Line]] | access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>

Murty is on leave from being a junior fellow at the [[Harvard Society of Fellows]]. He previously had a "shadow role"{{efn|"Shadowing" involves spending time with and observing the work of a permanent staff member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/types/research-at-middlesex/academic-shadowing-programme|title=Academic Shadowing Programme|publisher=Middlesex University|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>}} with Catamaran Ventures, a $127-million venture capital fund headed by N.R.N. Murthy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/meet-one-of-indias-richest-executive-assistants-narayana-murthys-son-rohan-834251.html |title=Meet one of India's richest executive assistants: Narayana Murthy's son Rohan |website=Firstpost |date=2 June 2013}}</ref>

==Murty Classical Library==
Although he does not read Sanskrit, when Murty was a doctoral student of computer science at Harvard, he took a class focussing on [[Kumarila Bhatta]]'s ''Shlokavartika'', which got him interested in ancient Indian philosophy and sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lFimgXZsUzD2jccaCD4VhI/The-modern-revivalists.html |title=The modern revivalists |first=Elizabeth |last=Kuruvilla |date=24 January 2015 |website=Livemint}}</ref>

He is the founder of the [[Murty Classical Library of India]], a continuation of the [[Clay Sanskrit Library]] Project headed by [[Sheldon Pollock]]. In 2016, he rejected a petition<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/pro-jnu-statement-spawns-petition-for-ouster-of-sheldon-pollock_n_9345928 |title=Pro-JNU Statement Spawns Petition For Ouster Of Sheldon Pollock As Editor Of Murty Classical Library |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=29 February 2016 |first1=Indrani |last1=Basu}}</ref> asking that Pollock be removed from the position of chief editor of the Murty Classical Library.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sheldon-pollock-will-stay-dont-agree-with-critics-says-rohan-murty-1283759 |title=Sheldon Pollock Stays, Says Rohan Murty On Protests Against Sanskrit Scholar |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~rohan/Home.html Rohan Narayana Murty] at Harvard University website

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