Sheela Murthy Leads Girl Scouts Kickoff in Annapolis
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Murthy Law Firm Founder and President, Sheela Murthy, gave the opening remarks at the Girl Scouts USA kickoff celebration of the Year of the Girl campaign at the State House in Annapolis in February. The event celebrated the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary as a national organization, and 50 years of distinguished service to girls in…

Attorney Sheela Murthy Honored at Corridor, Inc. Awards Ceremony
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Murthy Law Firm founder and President, Sheela Murthy, was named a finalist for the Corridor, Inc. 2011 Person of the Year Award, and was honored along with a Who’s Who of other prominent business leaders at an awards ceremony reception on February 16 at the new Hotel at Arundel Preserve in Arundel Mills, MD. Nominees…

Sheela Murthy to Serve as Chair of CCBC’s Global Education Committee
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Murthy Poised to Help CCBC with its Work in Global Education Baltimore, Md. – (17.Feb.2012): The Community College of Baltimore County is pleased to announce that the prominent and internationally renowned U.S. immigration law attorney, Sheela Murthy, has agreed to serve as the honorary chair of CCBC’s Global Education Committee. Murthy is the founder and…

I-Fund Honors Murthy for Her Commitment to Higher Education
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The Independent College Fund of Maryland – also known as the I-Fund – honored Sheela Murthy at their Evening of Excellence celebration, held in the Athenaeum of Goucher College on February 8, 2012. Murthy is the proud recipient of this year’s I-Fund Leadership Award, a prestigious prize bestowed on an outstanding businessperson who exemplifies the…

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“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

Helen Keller
Who is Sheela Murthy

“After finding the courage to leave everything and everyone I knew, I am propelled as an immigrant to make the most of the opportunities before me.”

Who is Sheela Murthy?

Sheela Murthy is a lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and speaker, perhaps best known as founder and president of the Owings Mills, Maryland based Murthy Law Firm, which has been ranked as one of the world’s leading U.S. immigration law firms.

A native of India, Murthy and her husband, photographer and media specialist Vasant Nayak, established the MurthyNAYAK Foundation to channel their philanthropic contributions to nonprofits that serve the needs of women, children, and immigrants, particularly in education and health care.

Sheela Murthy is featured in ZeeTV’s Those Who Made It.

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