{"id":68935,"date":"2024-03-08T18:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uk-pm-sunaks-mother-in-law-appointed-to-indian-parliament\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:21:05","slug":"uk-pm-sunaks-mother-in-law-appointed-to-indian-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uk-pm-sunaks-mother-in-law-appointed-to-indian-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"UK PM Sunak\u2019s mother-in-law appointed to Indian parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was on Friday appointed to serve in India\u2019s parliament, capping a career working for the philanthropic arm of her billionaire husband\u2019s tech firm.<\/p>\n
Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in 1981.<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s daughter Akshata married Sunak in 2009.<\/p>\n
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was \u201cdelighted\u201d at Murthy\u2019s nomination to the upper house, announced by President Droupadi Murmu.<\/p>\n
He said in a social media post that her \u201ccontributions to diverse fields including social work, philanthropy and education have been immense and inspiring\u201d.<\/p>\n
Most members of India\u2019s upper house are elected but 12 of them, usually high achievers in public life, are nominated to the chamber by the president for a six-year term.<\/p>\n
An engineer by training, Murthy is also a feted author and her foundation is credited with establishing libraries in rural areas.<\/p>\n
The Indian government last year bestowed Sudha with the Padma Bhushan, India\u2019s third-highest civilian honour, for her career in social work.<\/p>\n
Her husband Narayana has an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion, according to Forbes<\/em>.<\/p>\n
In the past he has said he needed to borrow money from his wife to start his firm, now India\u2019s seventh-largest by market cap and the first Indian company to be listed on the New York stock exchange.<\/p>\n