Murthy Y.

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ABOUT MURTHY Y.

Prof.(Dr.) Y.S.R. Murthy was the Vice Chancellor of The Assam Royal Global University between 2024-25. Prior to it, he was the Founding Vice Chancellor of RV University, Bangalore between 2020-24, besides being the Founding Dean, School of Law. As a former civil servant from the 1985 batch of IAS and Allied Services, he held many responsible and sensitive assignments including in the National Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Finance, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat. Between 2009 and 2020, Dr. Murthy steered the O.P. Jindal Global University during its rapid expansion phase as a part of its top leadership team as the Registrar and a founding faculty member in the Jindal Global Law School. He contributed to its rise in international rankings and becoming an Institution of Eminence (IOE).Prof. Y.S.R. Murthy has published several books, book chapters and journal articles. He holds a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Statistics from the University of Madras, M.A. degree in Human Rights from the University of London and Ph.D. degree from the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. He secured University First Rank in M.Sc. and also the prestigious British Chevening Fellowship.Dr. Murthy is the Executive Committee Member of the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL). He is a National Coordinator of SWAYAM, besides being a Member of the Association of British Scholars. In 2019, Dr. Murthy was appointed as the Member, Haryana State Higher Education Council. He is consulted by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Government of Kerala, IGNOU, JNU, Delhi University and some prominent human rights organisations.