Taruvai Subayya Krishnamurthy (born 1941) is a former Indian Revenue Service officer who served as 13th Chief Election Commissioner (C.E.C) of India (February 2004 – May 2005).

He joined the Indian Revenue Service in the batch of 1963, subsequent to which he was posted as Income Tax Officer in Madras.

Having served number of ministries in New Delhi including Shipping and Finance, he was deputed as a Deputy General Manager with the Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam.

[citation needed] Krishnamurthy won gold medals in History, Economics and Political Science at Mysore University.

He also completed a master's degree in Fiscal Studies from the University of Bath, U.K. Post his retirement, he is a board member of various companies and NGOs.