“The word ‘classics’ seems to stand only for Western writing. Can we name ten Indian works we’ve read as classics?”
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He refuses to let himself be defined by his distinguished last name.
Rohan Narayana Murty may be his father’s son in more ways than one – among them, a fierce curiosity – but he is, at once, very much his own man. His interests span a polymathic range. From being one of the quiet forces behind cutting-edge artificial intelligence research to founding and funding the incredible Murty Classical Library – a singular repository of ancient Indian scientific and literary works translated for contemporary access – Rohan is seeding not just businesses or even institutions but something far more fundamental: a love of knowledge.
And in this wide-ranging conversation, we be in conversation with Rohan on the sprawling landscape of his interests across science, technology, art, and why he’s obsessed with scholarship.
