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{{Short description|Director of The Hindu Group Publishing (P) Ltd. and of Kasturi and Sons Ltd}}
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| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1946|5|10|df=y}}
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| nationality        = Indian
| known_for          = Publisher of [[The Hindu Group]]
| education          = Chartered Accountant
| employer           = Kasturi and Sons Limited (KSL)
| alma_mater         = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]
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| title              = Director of The Hindu Group Publishing (P) Ltd. and Director, Kasturi and Sons Ltd.
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| spouse             = Tara Murali
| children           = Krishna Murali, Kanta Murali
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'''Narasimhan Murali'''  (born 10 May 1946) is currently Director of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited that publishes [[The Hindu]] and other allied publications. He is also the Director of the holding company, Kasturi and Sons limited.
==Career==
In a career spanning over four decades Murali handled all non-editorial and business functions focussing on finance, advertisement, circulation, administration and other commercial aspects.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.forbesindia.com/interview/exit-interview/n-murali-i-have-not-known-lifes-except-in-the-hindu/27912/1 | title=N Murali: I Have Not Known Life Except In The Hindu | first1=N.S. | last1=Ramnath | first2=Mitu | last2=Jayashankar | date=26 August 2011 | work=Forbes India | accessdate=30 May 2018 }}</ref>
Posts held in Newspaper and Media Industry bodies:
President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) - (1983–84) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/Dialogue/InterView.aspx?ID=365 |title=''''N Murali''', Managing Director, The Hindu' |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135313/http://www.exchange4media.com/Dialogue/InterView.aspx?ID=365 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Chairman, Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) (1996–97);
chairman, National Readership Studies Council (NRSC) (1998-2000);
chairman, Board of Governors, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) (2003–04) )<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/09/13/stories/2003091301350600.htm |title=N. Murali elected ASCI Chairman - MARKETING |publisher=The Hindu BusinessLine |date=2003-09-13 |accessdate=2020-06-25}}</ref> Elected as first board member from South Asia of IFRA, Darmstadt, Germany (the world's leading association for media publishing) (1998-2004); Member of the Board of World Association of Newspapers(WAN), Paris (2005–06)
Chairman, Board of Trustees of Press Institute of India – RIND (May 2003-Sept.2010).
Conferred "Distinguished Service Award" by the Advertising Club Chennai in 1995 for contribution to Advertising.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/11/11/stories/2004111102730400.htm |title=Ad Club confers distinguished service award on CavinKare CMD - MARKETING |publisher=The Hindu BusinessLine |date=2004-11-11 |accessdate=2020-06-25}}</ref>
==Other interests==
Trustee of The Music Academy, Madras (up to 6 November 2005); '''Currently''', '''President of The Music Academy, Madras, (from November 2005)in Chennai''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070160471300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704020550/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070160471300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2008| title=N. Murali re-elected Music Academy president | date=1 July 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]| accessdate=2013-04-08}}</ref>
He has held administrative positions as chairman, Finance Committee and a vice-president of the [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]]
President, Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, (1994–96)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/13/stories/0713102h.htm |title=The Hindu : Tamil Nadu Tennis Association - 75 years old and still young |website=www.thehindu.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150408070828/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/13/stories/0713102h.htm |archive-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Trustee, Media Development Foundation, Chennai;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianmedia.org/aboutus/mdf.asp |title=ACJ - About Us - Media Development Foundation |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317110952/http://asianmedia.org/aboutus/mdf.asp |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Member of the Board of Governors of Thiagarajar School of Management (Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Madurai, Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tsm.ac.in/ABT_board_of_governors.html |title=Thiagarajar School of Management - About TSM - Board of Governors |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017234517/http://tsm.ac.in/ABT_board_of_governors.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Murali is married to Tara, an architect. They have two children.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
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