V. Krishnamurthy Apart from steering BHEL, Maruti and SAIL to positions of repute, V. Krisnamurthy has served in the Minstry of Industry, the Planning Commission and on several prime ministerial committees during his long career in public service. He has also been Chairman of the Indian Institute of Managemant, Ahmedabad and Bangalore; the Indian Insitute of Technology, Delhi; and the Xavier Insitute of Management, Bhubaneswar. He was a member of the National Advisory Council in its first tenure. Since 2004, he is the Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, holding the rank of a cabinet minister. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan in 2007 for civil services, and the highest civilian award of Japan, The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, in 2009.
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