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| occupation = Former policeman; chairman of CMR Jnanadhara Trust
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| term_end2 = 16 October 2019
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'''K. C. Ramamurthy''' was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from the state of [[Karnataka]], India. He is chairman of the CMR Jnanadhara Trust and a former Inspector General of Police in [[Bangalore]], Karnataka. He was also the Registrar of [[Bangalore University]] between January 2002-31 October 2003.

== Early life ==
Ramamurthy is one of twelve children in a large, wealthy and liberal-minded family; their father was Chikka Muniappa Reddy.<ref name="hindu"/> He is married to Sabitha, with whom he has a daughter and son.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/03/10/stories/2002031000900200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128111401/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/03/10/stories/2002031000900200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 November 2004 |title=An educationist in her own right |date=10 March 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

== Career ==

Ramamurthy was an Inspector General of Police<ref>{{cite web|author=Bangalore Mirror Bureau |url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Cong-to-adopt-US-style-primaries-to-choose-Bangalore-North-candidate/articleshow/29420476.cms |title=Cong to adopt US-style primaries to choose Bangalore North candidate |publisher=Bangalore Mirror |date=27 January 2014 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> As was quite common among senior police officers in Karnataka, he took retirement to concentrate on politics in December 2007,<ref>{{cite news |work=Live Mint |title=Karnataka policemen shun khaki for khadi |date=7 April 2008 |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/pRlTVqNXK44uHUSl7A2EqM/Karnataka-policemen-shun-khaki-for-khadi.html |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> at which time he was Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security).<ref>{{cite news |work=Deccan Herald |title=Cheating case filed against ex-IPS officer |date=6 May 2010 |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/67788/cheating-case-filed-against-ex.html |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> In 2013, he was among the parties accused in court of a fraudulent land transaction,<ref>{{cite news |title= Ex-IPS officer in the dock in alleged land-grabbing case |work=The Hindu |date=5 December 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/exips-officer-in-the-dock-in-alleged-landgrabbing-case/article5423727.ece |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> with prior allegations that his police colleagues might have tried to cover up the affair. Ramamurthy denied the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |work=Mid-day |title=Are cops shielding former top cop? |date=22 April 2011 |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/are-cops-shielding-former-top-cop/119523 |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>

Despite not having much interaction with the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140115/news-current-affairs/article/ex-ips-man-congress-list-not-all-are-smiling |title=EX IPS man in Congress list, not all are smiling |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Ramamurthy was elected in 2016 to serve a two-year term as an INC representative in the Rajya Sabha - the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]] - by the [[Legislative Assembly of Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-wins-3-rajya-sabha-seats-from-karnataka-bjp-gets-1-1418017 |title=Nirmala Sitharaman Wins Rajya Sabha Seat From Karnataka, Congress Gets 3 |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=12 June 2016 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> He had previously expressed a desire to stand as an INC candidate for election to the [[Lok Sabha]] in the [[2014 Indian general election]]<ref>{{cite news |work=Indian Express |title=Land in dispute between ex-cop, NRIs was central to killing of actor |date=19 December 2013 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/land-in-dispute-between-excop-nris-was-central-to-killing-of-actor/1209344/ |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and had been wooed by the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] party after the INC chose not to select him.<ref>{{cite news |work=First Post |title=Hooking prize catches: Will Deve Gowda's gamble work in Karnataka? |date=24 March 2014 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/hooking-prize-catches-will-deve-gowdas-gamble-work-in-karnataka-1447973.html |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

== CMR Jnanadhara Trust ==
The CMR Jnanadhara Trust was established in 1994. Ramamurthy is chairman and his wife is president. Its origins lie in the National Junior Public School that was established in 1990 in an orchard that then belonged to the Ramamurthy family. It has expanded to operate a wide range of institutions, ranging from a [[Montessori school]] and a junior college, as well as institutes of management studies and of technology. The umbrella organisation now includes [[CMR Institute of Technology]] and [[CMR University]].<ref name="hindu"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090621/Education/ed733.html |title=CMR Group of Institutions provide a wide range of courses |publisher=Sundaytimes.lk |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Politicians from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Karnataka Police]]

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