About Us

Sheela Murthy: Founder and President of the Murthy Law Firm, Sheela Murthy has dedicated her career to the practice of U.S. immigration law. Her firm works to help businesses in the United States bring the best and the brightest from abroad to strengthen their operations. An immigrant herself, Ms. Murthy has trained her team of approximately 75 staff members to approach their work with empathy for the foreign national. Ms. Murthy serves on several boards of several nonprofits, including the American Immigration Council, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, and Stevenson University, and is active at the leadership level of the United Way of Central Maryland and United Way International. She has been recognized and honored for her philanthropic work in the United States and in India, and was named 2009 Philanthropist of the Year by United Way of Central Maryland at their annual Tocqueville Society Awards for her $1 million pledge, announced in 2008.

Vasant Nayak: Vasant earned his BA in anthropology and MA in photography. He taught photography and art in the U.S. and has exhibited is work internationally. Vasant says, although his body resides in the United States, his soul dwells in India, and his mind traverses between the two. Mr. Nayak works in marketing consulting. This is balanced with the work he does for Site2Sight Productions, which be began with the purpose of providing nonprofit organizations and NGOs with the media they need to promote the valuable work they do.

Col. HMS Murthy: With a master's degree in structural engineering, Srinivasa Murthy was in the Indian Army posted all over the country, particularly in remote areas near the northwest border. Later, he worked for BEMEL, an engineering company, in Bangalore. Following his retirement from BEMEL, Col. Murthy, with other retired military officers, was a a founding member of Senior Citizens Association. The Chennakeshava School as his focus. He is active in the running of the education and the feeding programs of the school.

Vijay Nayak: Vijay has a background in commerce economics and a master's degree in finance, with a nearly completed PhD in econometrics. He studied and worked at the University of Warwick. Vijay's interest in the computation of statistical data led him to learning programming in order to solve his own problems. As a self-taught master of several computer languages, he is involved in developing enterprise software. Mr. Nayak also works for the Hospital Association of New York States as a senior consultant in economics and statistical analysis.

Shay Taylor: Shay earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in fine arts from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. She has used her skills in writing and digital design at the Murthy Law Firm since 1998, where she has served as webmaster and editor of their weekly eNewsletter. Ms. Taylor assists in the marketing of the firm and in keeping promotional materials current. While she is diligent in her work, she is thoroughly dedicated to the work of the MurthyNayak FOUNDATION.