Venkataraman Krishnamurthy (14 January 1925 – 26 June 2022) was an Indian civil servant.

He was Chairman of IIM Bangalore and Ahmedabad; IIT Delhi; Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar; and the Centre for Organization Development, Hyderabad.

Among other positions, he has served as Member, Planning Commission and Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Industry.

He was the Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, holding the rank of a Cabinet Minister up to 2014.

Later he had the privilege of working directly with India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Planning Commission from 1954 in the Second Five Year plan incharge of power projects and then with former Prime Ministers Lal Bahadur Sastri, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh in various positions in the Government of India.

His grandfather was a wealthy landlord in his village Karuveli, in Thanjavur region.

Because of their poor financial condition, his brothers had to discontinue education and go for employment.

[citation needed] V. Krishnamurthy was the Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) during 2004 – 2014 in the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

[7] Member, Board of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad (1975–1979) & (1990–2022).

[7] In August 1984 Krishnamurthy met with Bharat Ratna, Chidambaram Subramaniam and Professor P. S. Manisundaram, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University, to develop the idea of establishing a management institute within the grounds of an industrial company.

A partnership was signed with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, leading to the formation of the Bharathidasan Institute of Management.

[7] He is the recipient of " The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun" in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the promotion of bilateral economic relations and understanding of Japan in India.

[7] He was conferred the Special Nakajima Award by JIPM in the year 2007 for his efforts to promote Total Productive Management (TPM) Initiative in India.