KV Ramana Murty named Sebi whole-time member

The Centre has appointed Kompella Venkata Ramana Murty as a whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a term of three years.His appointment completes the regulator’s full strength of four whole-time members, according to PTI. The other members currently serving on the Sebi board are Amarjeet Singh, Kamlesh Chandra Varshney and Sandip Pradhan.A retired 1991-batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer, Murty earlier held the position of Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts in the Ministry of Defence.As per a government notification issued late on Tuesday, he has been appointed “for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”