V. Krishnamurthy

Prof. V. Krishnamurthy (b. 1927), ex-Director of K.K. Birla Academy, New Delhi, and former Dy. Director and Prof. of Mathematics at BITS, Pilani for more than two decades, was trained in Hindu scriptures from boyhood days, by his own father Sri R. Visvanatha Sastri. Besides a number of research papers, he has to his credit many books including Essentials of Hinduism; Hinduism for the next Generation; The Ten Commandments of Hinduism; Kannan sorpadi vaazhvdeppadi (in Tamil) and Science and Spirituality – A Vedanta Perception. Prof. Krishnamurthy was awarded the Distinguished Service Award (1995) by the Mathematics Association of India, Seva Ratna award (1996) by the Centenarian Trust, Chennai, Vocational Service Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education (2001) by the Rotary Clubs of Guindy and Chennai Samudra, and Prof. TT Award for Excellence (2002). Also, he is a member of the Board of Moderators of the prestigious Yahoo Group ‘Advaitin.’ A large number of his writings on religion and philosophy are on the web at http://www.geocities.com/profvk.