Dr.P G K Murthy ,is  working as Dean (Doctoral Program) , Faculty of Management , Parul University  and also as Dean of Faculty of Management , Gujarat Technological University , Ahmedabad .

Dr. P G K Murthy  after his Ph D(1977-1980) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University , AP , India ,  joined the Technical Directorate of  the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  at its head office in New Delhi in Aug 1980 . Over a period of 35 years , he  worked as Senior Faculty Member at ICAI , ICFAI and ICSI and he worked in Corporate Sector at Senior Management level including Vice President  at Market Creators Ltd and Sr. Vice President at  Calsita Futuristic Services ltd . He  worked as consultant offered various services such training ,  project advisory services and marketing to leading  companies like  IOC  ,  ONGC , GSFC , Bell Ceramics Ltd , Vijay Tanks and Vessels Ltd , Apollo Tyres , Sun Pharmaceuticals , Alembic , Jyoti Ltd , GE Plastics , Indusind Bank etc. He was Principal of CZ Patel College of Business and Management and Member of Senate of  SP University , VV Nagar , Gujarat , India .

He  carried out SAFA Project on “ Direct Tax Laws in SAFA Countries . He has   about 30 articles published in various journals of commerce and management including  IJM , IJC , Chartered Accountant , Management Accountant , ICWAI’s Research Bulletin , CTR , SEDME etc. and news papers like ET , BS , News Times etc. He is currently guiding 3 scholars for Ph D who are at advanced stage of their research work.

In Jan 2012 , he was Convener for First  International Conference on “ Dynamics of Global Recession : Economic and Corporate Strategies for Survival  and Growth “ held on 6^th. 7^th and 8^th Jan 2012 and   the convener for Second International Conference on “  Meeting the Challenges of a Globalised Market  : Perspectives of Corporates, Financial Institutions, Governments , Educational  Institutions  and Civil  Societies “ held on 23^rd , 24^th  and  25^th  January  ,2013 being organized by Gujarat Technological University jointly with Parul Group of Management Institutions  . He was the convener of the 3^rd International conference on “Management of SMEs in Global Era: Challenges, opportunities & perspectives and Lessons from Gujarat Model” jointly with Faculty of Economy and Business, University of Maribor and National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, An organization of the Ministry of MSME, Gov. of India  held on 20^th and 21^st Feb 2015 at Parul Campus .

He  was invited as  resource faculty in  International Exchange Programme “ International Aspects of Globalization Trends “ co-funded by European Social Fund and Ministry of Education , Science and Sport , Republic of Slovenia  at the University of Maribor , Faculty of  Faculty of Economics and Business from 21^st May to 4^th June 2014.

He was invited as a Panel Speaker by Royal Academy of Engineering and NKFH-FICCI ,at  Newton Bhabha Innovation Workshop: Industry- Academia Engagement held  on 12^th and 13^th May 2015 at New Delhi .

He is the recipient of GTU  Innovation  Council Award for year 2013 at the function organised on 14^th Feb 2014.

He has been invited by  professional bodies like Ahmedabad Management Association , Baroda Management Association , EXIM Club , Rajkot Management Association etc as Speaker for delivering expert talks .

His   areas of specialisation are  Finance , Strategic Management  and  International Economics .

He has total experience of 35 years which includes 15 years of industrial experience and teaching and 20 years of  research experience .