K. C. Ramamurthy

Early life

Being a native of Bangalore city, he did his entire education from Bangalore and was a very popular student leader in the University. He headed the student council of the university and served as its general secretary being actively involved in the student movement. His father was the chairman of the then group of villages (Presently called Sarvagna Nagar) for nearly 20 years and later his brothers and then his nephews were elected and are active in the party, representing the local bodies.

K.C Ramamurthy is married to Mrs. Sabitha Ramamurthy, President of the CMR Jnanadhara Trust.

Professional career

Shri.K C Ramamurthy, a distinguished police officer till recently, was working in the rank of Inspector General of Police and was responsible for managing the Bangalore City Traffic as Additional Commissioner. He has served in different capacities in the city and has the reputation of being one of the most effective, efficient and people friendly officer. He has very frequently been put in charge during situations involving communal tension, to resolve and bring in peace. He is closely associated with the minority communities and many Dalith organisations and has significantly contributed to the growth of many institutions related to Dalith issues.

Sri.K.C.Ramamurthy, apart from serving in the police department, has worked in various other departments of the government and was specially chosen by successive governments to lead various sensitive and important departments. He was the Commissioner for culture and has organized many National level music festivals and schemes for artists from different age groups. His Kishore Prathiba, Balaprathiba are very popular and have been introduced in many other states. A pension scheme for the aged musicians, artists, sculptures was introduced during his tenure. The much talked about State awards were reduced in numbers and limited to the years of the States existence and the most qualified and deserving persons were selected. He has himself written many articles and is acclaimed as a contemporary writer and poet. The State Government deputed eminent writers and artists under his leadership to United States of America and United Kingdom to participate in the world Kannada Conference.

Shri K.C. Ramamurthy was chosen to bring order in the governance of Bangalore University in January 2002. As Registrar of the University, he was instrumental in the University getting five star status from the University Grants Commission and the NAAC. He was a student of the university, a teacher in the university, a student leader and also the Registrar of the university. He is very popular amongst the student community and the teaching community.

Due to this close interaction and association with the youth, he was chosen by the State Government to head to the department of Youth Services and Sports. He organized more than 30000 youth clubs in the state and worked towards improvement of sports in rural areas and was instrumental in getting 100 crores INR sanctioned to the state for building up of stadiums in rural areas and for up gradation of the existing facilities. It goes to the credit of Sri Ramamurthy, that today in Karnataka, there are stadiums (Sports Complex) in all the taluks. Nowhere in the country, has this concept of rural sports complex been introduced in this scale. To bring in health consciousness amongst the rural youth he got gyms sanctioned to Taluk and Panchayath level. It was Mr.Ramamurthy who introduced the sports schools in all the districts of the state and made a graded system of identifying talent from different levels. His service in the department of youth services was continued for three years. It was under his leadership that the Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Shakthi took shape in the State. This scheme was later taken up by the Government of India and spread to all the states.

He is the only Police Officer who has served the city of Bangalore in Law and Order, Traffic, Security, Armed reserve and Crime. Owing to public pressure for being more active in political governance, he took Voluntary Retirement and joined the Indian National Congress. He was made member of the Main Campaign Committee in 2008 for the Assembly Elections. He has also actively associated with many Frontal Organizations of the Congress.

Awards and Achievements

• Retired as Senior Inspector General of Police (IGP) with 32 years of distinguished civil service.
• Recipient of President’s Meritorious Medal for outstanding service in the Police department.
• Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award – November 2001.
• Prestigious Kempegowda award - March 2011.
• Registrar of Bangalore University (28.01.2002 – 31.10.2003).
• Successfully organised National Science Congress as Registrar of Bangalore University.
• Commissioner for Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka Bangalore. Lead the Artists and Writers from Karnataka on behalf of the Government of Karnataka, to UK and USA for the millennium Kannada conference in Manchester and Houston.
• Member Secretary Syndicate, Academic council Bangalore University and chairman of many committees on education and curriculum development.
• Managing Director, KEONICS- Bangalore.
• Commissioner, Youth Services & Sports, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore.
• Commissioner, Traffic & Road Safety –State of Karnataka.
• Director General, Sports Authority of Karnataka.
• Member Secretary General, Thimmaiah National Academy of Adventure.
• IGP & Addl. Commissioner of Police, (Traffic & Security)- Bangalore City.
• President, Economic Society, Bangalore University.
• Established CMR Group of Institutions under the umbrella of CMR Jnanadhara Trust, which houses a wide range of institutions (20 to be exact) ranging from Montessori to Post Graduate Programs and Ph.D’s in Engineering, Education, Law, Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Bio-sciences, Psychology, Electronic Media, Journalism and Paramedical programmes.
• Instrumental in creating international center of education excellence in all CMR Institutions.
• After voluntary retirement in 2008 joined Indian National Congress and worked for the success of Assembly and Parliamentary candidates. Was member of the main Campaign Committee of the KPCC during the Assembly Elections.
• Associated with Frontal Organisations as Advisor in Indian National Congress, particularly The Labour Cell, The IT Cell, NSUI, Youth Congress and Seva Dal.

Education and Snapshot of Public Services

Educational Qualification:

M.A.(Economics - Bangalore University), M.A.(Political Science – Mysore University)
Karnataka Administrative Service
Indian Police Service

Teaching Experience:
Lecturer in Economics SJRC College & Vijaya Evening College

Public Services Experience:
Probationary Tahasildar KAS1976
Recruited as Dy. Superintendent of Police -1977
Dy. Superintendent of Police – Mysore
Sub-Divisional Police Officer - Madugiri
Sub-Divisional Police Officer - Chickballapur
Sub-Divisional Police Officer - Channapatna
Additional Superintendent of Police – Mysore
Additional Superintendent of Police – Hubli & Dharwad
Superintendent of Police – Bellary
Dy. Commissioner of Police, Law & Order – Bangalore City
Superintendent of police - COD, Bangalore
Dy. Commissioner of Police, Traffic - Bangalore City
Dy. Commissioner of Police, Administration - Bangalore City
Promoted as DIG- 1997
Promoted as IGP -2002
Dy. Inspector General of Police Food Cell –Karnataka
Additional Commissioner of Police
Armed Reserve & Security - Bangalore City
Commissioner, Traffic & Road Safety-Karnataka
Director Kannada & Culture – Bangalore Lead the Artists and Writers from Karnataka on behalf of the Government of Karnataka to UK and USA.
Registrar Bangalore University – Bangalore
Managing Director, KEONICS- Bangalore
Commissioner, Youth Services & Sports, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore.(From 31.10.2003 to 25.06.2007)
IGP & Addl. Commissioner of Police, (Traffic & Security) - Bangalore City,(From 25.06.2007 to till date )
President, Fencing Association of Karnataka
Manager of Indian Fencing Team to Common wealth Games at New Castle, Australia.