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About V. Krishnamurthy
- Dr.
- Venkataraman Krishnamurthy is an Indian civil servant born in Tamilnadu.
- He is the doyen of Indian management, having headed the country’s largest and most challenging public sector companies, widely regarded as a Man with a golden touch.
- V Krishnamurthy is known as the "Father of Public sector undertakings in India" for his leadership and successful contribution in turning around BHEL, Maruti Udyog Limited, SAIL and GAIL into the most profit making industry in India and globally.
- He was Chairman and CEO of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Maruti Udyog Limited, Steel Authority of India Limited and GAIL (India) Limited.
- He has been Chairman of IIM Bangalore and Ahmedabad; IIT Delhi; Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar; and the Centre for Organization Development, Hyderabad.
- He has also been Chairman of the Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council.
- He was Member of the National Advisory Council from 2004-08.
- Among other positions, he has served as Member, Planning Commission and Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Industry.
- He was the Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, holding the rank of a Cabinet Minister up to 2014.
- He is one of the founding trustees of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation headed by Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other distinguished members as its trustees.
- He began working with the then Madras Electricity Board in 1944.
- Later had the privilege of working directly with India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Planning Commission from 1954 in the Second Five Year plan incharge of power projects and then with former Prime Ministers Lal Bahadur Sastri, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Rajiv Gandhi and Dr.Manmohan Singh in various positions in the Government of India.
