Breaking News: Mudra Founder AG Krishnamurthy Passed Away at the age of 73

AG Krishnamurthy, the founder of Mudra Communications passed away on 5 February 2016. He was founder Chairman and Managing Director of Mudra Communications. Born on the 28th of April, 1942 in Vinukonda, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, Krishnamurthy graduated in History at the Andhra University. In 1968 he joined the Calico Mills, a big textile name in the 60s and 70s, to assist Giraben Sarabhai. In 1972, he moved to their Advertising Agency, Shilpi Advertising as an Account Executive and then joined Reliance Industries in 1976 as their Advertising Manager. Four years later, on 25th of March, 1980, he founded Mudra Communications. In March 1991, he set up Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), the only advertising institute of its kind in Asia. MICA was set up to feed the growing Indian advertising industry with trained talent. He retired from Mudra on 31st March, 2003, and was The Chairman of AGK Brand Consulting.

Awards of AG Krishnamurthy:

• 1995: A & M Advertising Person of the Year
• 1997: Inducted into 'Hall of Fame' of The Advertising Club, Calcutta
• 1999: AAAI - Premnarayen Award