[4] Murthty was accepted into Osmania University to study chemical engineering, from where he dropped out at the age of 17.

[5][6] After leaving college, he worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman for Eureka Forbes and subsequently founded his first company, a cleaning service called Vaclean.

[1][8] While at Hong Kong, in 1993, he wrote and directed a set of six films for MTV with Shashanka Ghosh,[9] for which they won the New Directors Showcase award at the Cannes Lions.

[14] Murthy then was hired from the US and returned to India to run the rival to MTV, an Indian music television channel called Channel V.[1][5] He acted as the General Manager for India and also helped create and launch its community youth site, vIndia.com.

[23][24] Subsequently, there was a sudden spate of sexual harassment allegations against him, filed before the National Commission of Women, an organisation managed by the ruling party in India.

[32] Exseed Space has been part of the team that helped a consortium build GSAT-30, GSAT-31 and RISAT 1A, which launched in 2021.