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{{BLP sources|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = T.S.Krishnamurthy
|image =File:The Chief Election Commissioner Shri T. S. Krishna Murthy delivering the keynote address on "Media Coverage of Election in India towards Free and Fair Elections" at a function organised by Centre for Advocacy and Research (cropped).jpg
|office = 13th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]
|term_start = February 2004
|term_end = May 2005
|president = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] <br> [[Manmohan Singh]]
|predecessor = [[James Michael Lyngdoh|J.M.Lyngdoh]]
|successor = [[B. B. Tandon|B.B.Tandon]]
|birth_date =
|occupation = civil servant
|nationality = [[India]]n
}}
'''Taruvai Subayya Krishnamurthy''' (born 1941) is a former [[Indian Revenue Service]] officer who served as 13th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]] (C.E.C) of [[India]] (February 2004 - May 2005).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/Audio_VideoClips/previous-ces.asp |title=Previous Chief Election Commissioners |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121060346/http://www.eci.gov.in/Audio_VideoClips/previous-ces.asp |archivedate=21 November 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His main assignment as C.E.C was to oversee the [[2004 elections to the Lok Sabha (India)|2004 elections to the Lok Sabha]]. He had earlier served in the [[Election Commission of India]] as a commissioner since January 2000.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/i-see-no-end-to-evm-bashing-ex-cec-t-s-krishnamurthy/articleshow/69024203.cms</ref><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/former-cec-calls-for-setting-up-of-national-election-fund/article34164323.ece</ref>
==Background==
Krishnamurthy started his career as an [[Indian Revenue Service]] officer. He served the government at various levels including as Secretary, Department of Company Affairs. He was the first Indian Revenue Service officer to become a Secretary to the Government of India as well as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.

As Secretary, Department of Company Affairs, he is credited with setting up of Investor Education and Protection Fund set up from unclaimed dividends of companies.

Krishnamurthy started his career as a probationary officer at the [[Bank of India]] (prior to nationalization) at the age of 19. 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]]. One of the key jobs he has handled was that of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in [[Bombay]].

He also served as an IMF advisor in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. As Chief Election Commissioner he was an observer to the elections in [[Zimbabwe]] and the [[2004 United States presidential election|U.S Presidential Elections in 2004]]. In 2005, Krishnamurthy was appointed by the Supreme Court of India to conduct the elections to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (B.C.C.I) in order to ensure free and fair polls amidst the different factions within the BCCI.

==Early life and personal history==
Krishnamurthy hails from Taruvai village in Tirunelveli district. He was born and brought up in Tiruchirapalli and went on to study high school at Baroda. He went on to study at St Joseph's college in Bangalore.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Krishnamurthy won gold medals in History, Economics and Political Science at [[Mysore University]]. He also completed a Masters in Fiscal Studies from the [[University of Bath]], U.K.

Post his retirement, he is a board member of various companies and NGOs, most notably, he was the Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai Kendra. He is the author of the book "Miracles of Democracy", published in August 2008.

Krishnamurthy is married to Geetha Krishnamurthy, an accomplished Veena artiste from Chennai. His son Karthik and daughter-in-law Anasuya live in London while his daughter Nanditha and son-in-law Srikanth Parmeshwararan Ayyar.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2004-news/t-s-krishnamurthy-to-be-new-cec/articleshow/432950.cms "''T S Krishnamurthy to be new CEC''"] - [[Times of India]] article dated 19 January 2004.
*[http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/jan/19cec.htm "''Krishnamurthy new chief election commissioner''"] - [[rediff.com]] article dated 19 January 2004.
*[http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=1042 "''T.S. KRISHNAMURTHY TAKES OVER AS CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER''" Press release] by [[Press Information Bureau]], [[Government of India]] dated 8 February 2004.

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