V. Krishnamurthy, former chairman of BHEL, Maruti Udyog and SAIL and former Secretary of Industries, Government of India, died on Sunday due to age-related ailments. He was 97 and is survived by two sons, Chandra and Jayakar, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Krishnamurthy had earned a reputation as the “Turnaround Man” and fostered some of the biggest success stories of India’s public sector.