Prof. S. Sreenivasa Murthy is currently a Professor of Finance and Director, Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad.  He holds a Master’s degree in Commerce from Sri Venkateswara University and Master’s degree in International Business  from   Pondicherry   University.   He  also holds UGC-JRF for his Doctorate degree in Finance from University of Madras.  He brings with him nearly three decades of experience in teaching, academic administration, research, training, and consultancy at IPE since his date of joining the Institute as a faculty member in 1994.   IPE, started in 1964, is one of the leading B-Schools in the country and is recognized as a Centre of Excellence by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

Prof Murthy is engaged with academic community, professional organizations, industry and other funding agencies both nationally and internationally.  He is a visiting faculty to IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, NIT Warangal, IIIF, JNTU, ANGRAU and other universities of repute.  He has conducted around 100 MDPs for Senior and Middle level executives.  He has done consultancy assignments for World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, Central and State Level Public Enterprises.  He has authored fifteen books and many course materials and published a number of articles in reputed journals and presented papers in many national and international conferences.  He has guided many research scholars for their Doctorate degrees.  He has conducted many conferences, symposia and workshops in various areas of Finance.  He received Dewang Mehta Award for Best Professor in Financial Management, CSR Eminent Director of Leading Institute India Award, and Business Leader of the Year Award for outstanding contribution to Education. His areas of interest include Corporate Finance, Project Appraisal and Financial Services.