Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India.

He currently serves as the Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University) and on the Advisory Board of Foundation for Restoration of National Values, a society established in 2008 that strives to restore National and Cultural Values of India.

Finally, he became the 25th Chief Justice of India on 12 February 1993 and subsequently retired on 24 October 1994.

[3] Post retirement, he has continued to work on anti-corruption and human rights issues, including support for the launch of the Initiatives of Change Centre for Governance in 2003.

serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.