Akshata Murthy, UK's First Lady

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Akshata Murthy is from Bengaluru

Akshata Murthy is fiercely private and has tried to maintain the lowest profile possible.

Often referred to as Namma Huduhi (Our Girl)

Akshata Murthy is the first Indian First Lady to the UK's first British Indian Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

She is Sudha & Narayan Murthy's Daughter

Akshata Murthy has inherited the entrepreneurial genes of her famous family

Sudha Murthy is a cherished Author

Akshata's mother Sudha was Tata Motor's first female engineer after famously complaining via a postcard to the chairman about the firms stipulation that lady candidates need not apply.

Narayana Murthy is Infosys Founder

Infosys founder Narayana Murthy said, We are confident he will do his best for the people of UK

Akshata left India at the age of 18 for studies

After doing her schooling in Bengaluru, she moved to Claremont McKenna College in California where she graduated with a dual major in economics and French and later did a fashion designing diploma from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles

She was raised in Jayanagar, Bengaluru

She was raised in a middleclass home in Jayanagar, a suburb of Bengaluru, with no birthday parties or much pocket money

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