Prof. Rani Sadasiva Murty is presently Vice Chancellor, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati. He is a multidisciplinary and multilingual expert having his post graduate degrees in Sanskrit, English, Philosophy, Advaita Vedanta, Jyotisha and Management along with a Ph. D in Sanskrit. He held many administrative positions like Dean, Academic Affairs, NSU, Tirupati, Head of the Department, Sahitya, NSU, Tirupati, Director of Cultural Affairs, NSU, Tirupati, Addl. Coordinator of Sanskrit Science Study Centre, RSVP.

He has produced 27 Ph.Ds., 26 M.Phils., 1-Ministry of Culture Sr. Fellowship, 2 Post Doctoral Research Fellows, UGC, under his research guidance. He wrote more than  55 books and edited 12 books and proceedings, 80 research articles, and 250 general articles.

He is a member of various academic bodies in various national and international universities and educational institutions. He was the Director/Coordinator of many national funded projects like The Mahabharata Project,  Patthabhirama Sastri Vykhyanamala, and Director of Audio-Visual Projects, COE, Electronic Text of The Mahabharata with Hyper Links, NSU, Tirupati, He created several audio versions of rare Stotra collection of Gitagovindam, Jagannatha Suprabhata Stotra Manjari, Siva- Ganesha-Devi-Stotras, Vishnu-Lashmi-Sahasranamavali, Vedapaatha. He produced many poetry and dance ballets in Sanskrit, Telugu and English. He directed a Sanskrit film named Hidimba-Bhimasenam on behalf of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

He delivered hundreds of discourses on different subjects pertaining to Ancient Indian Knowledge Systems in various Universities in and abroad and is a live commentator of SVBC channel of Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Festivals occasionally. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards like Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, 2016, “Prajna Bhaskara”, 2010, “Vyas Bharati”, 2007, “Natyaravali” State level Talent Award, 2007, “Vijay Shree” Award of India International Friendship Society, 2005, and “Samskrita Bandhu” in 2000.