K. C. Ramamurthy

Not to be confused with C. K. Ramamurthy.

K. C. Ramamurthy is the chairman of the CMR Jnanadhara Trust and was a member of the Rajya Sabha from the state of Karnataka, India. He was also a former Inspector General of Police in Bangalore, Karnataka, and Registrar of the Bangalore University between January 2002 and October 2003.

K. C. Ramamurthy
MP of Rajya Sabha for Karnataka
In office 5 December 2019 – 30 June 2022
Constituency	Karnataka
In office 1 July 2016 – 16 October 2019
Preceded by	Vijay Mallya, Independent
Constituency	Karnataka
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-12) 12 June 1952 (age 72)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (Since 16 October 2019)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (Till 16 October 2019)
Spouse	Sabitha Ramamurthy
Children	2
Residence(s)	Bangalore, India
Occupation	Former policeman; chairman of CMR Jnanadhara Trust

Early life

Ramamurthy is one of twelve children in a large, wealthy and liberal-minded family. His father was Chikka Muniappa Reddy.^[1] He is married to Sabitha, with whom he has a daughter and son.^[1]

Career

Ramamurthy was an Inspector General of Police^[2] As was quite common among senior police officers in Karnataka, he took retirement to concentrate on politics in December 2007,^[3] at which time he was Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security).^[4]

Despite not having much interaction with the Indian National Congress (INC),^[5] Ramamurthy was elected in 2016 to serve a two-year term as an INC representative in the Rajya Sabha - the upper house of the Parliament of India - by the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.^[6] He had previously expressed a desire to stand as an INC candidate for election to the Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general election^[7] and had been wooed by the Janata Dal (Secular) party after the INC chose not to select him.^[8]

CMR Jnanadhara Trust

The CMR Jnanadhara Trust was established in 1994 with Ramamurthy as chairman and his wife as president. Its origins lie in the National Junior Public School that was established in 1990 in an orchard that then belonged to the Ramamurthy family. It has expanded to operate a wide range of institutions, ranging from a Montessori school, a junior college, as well as institutes of management studies and technology. The umbrella organisation now includes CMR Institute of Technology and CMR University.^[1][9]