Harvard names Rohan Murthy Jr Fellow

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In a glowing testimony to his scholarly potential, Rohan Narayana Murthy has been named a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, adding to his list of academic achievements.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son's thesis, titled Opportunistic Wireless Network Architecture, was signed off with the words ‘Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum’ (Latin for ‘Neither to the left nor to the right) — which, as any old Cottonian will be only too happy to tell you, is the motto of Bishop Cotton’s Boys’ School, his alma mater.

What does it mean to be part of the Harvard Society of Fellows? A great deal. Only ten scholars from across the world join each year. Junior Fellows are selected by Senior Fellows based on their potential to spread academic wisdom and their past accomplishments.

They are given generous financial support for three years to continue their independent research at Harvard University in a discipline of their choice. The idea is to give young men and women who show extraordinary promise a boost in their scholarly careers.

Rohan Murthy’s academic career has been Ivy League all the way.

Having graduated from Cornell in 2005 with an engineering degree, Rohan went on to become a doctoral fellow at Harvard University.

Academic greats like philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur, who won the prestigious prize twice, and legendary physicist John Bardeen have walked through this very hall of fame.