Former Additional Controller General Of Defence Accounts K.V.R. Murty Takes Charge As SEBI Whole-Time Member

Former Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts K.V.R. Murty has taken charge as Whole-Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Mumbai.

Murty brings over three decades of experience across national security and corporate affiars.

Over the course of his career, he has held key financial advisory roles, including Principal Integrated Financial Adviser to the Indian Air Force and Financial Adviser to the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

He also served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, where he handled e-governance and policy making and administering of corporate laws.

During his tenure, he conceived and piloted several ease-of-doing-business reforms, including the decriminalization of corporate laws, which became the template for the Jan Vishwas Bill aimed at improving ease of doing business and ease of living.

Murty has heard, adjudicated, and issued orders in matters relating to schemes of arrangement, mergers, and amalgamations of government companies.

He has previously served as a Part-Time Member (Government Nominee) on the boards of SEBI and the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) and on the councils of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), and the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India (ICMAI).

Murty holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. In 2024, he was awarded the Raksha Mantri Award for Excellence for bringing in important reforms and initiatives to improve the operational readiness of the Indian Air Force