Muralee Thummarukudy (born 10 August 1964) is the Director of the Coordination Office of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Prior to UNCCD Muralee was the Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the UN Environment Programme.

He has completed assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, Liberia, Sudan and Rwanda dealing with the environmental impacts of conflicts.

Also deployed to China, Japan, Myanmar, Ukraine, Haiti, and Thailand to deal with Disasters.

Muralee is a winner of the Kerala Sahitya Academi Awards 2018 for humorous literature.