Under the Bt cotton Programme, involving Bollgard-1 and Bolgard-2 genes, 14 Bt cotton hybrids have been released for the North, Central and South zones of India & Bt hybrids have been released through other cotton seed companies in the country.
Twenty-five solo albums were to follow dueting alongside singers Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Bappa Majumdar, Dolly Shaontoni, Suzana Ansar Sonia, Kaniz Suborna, Dinat Jahan Munni, Monir Khan, and many others.
BitTyrant is a result of research projects at University of Washington and University of Massachusetts Amherst, developed and supported by Professors Tom Anderson, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Arun Venkataramani and students Michael Piatek, Jarret Falkner, and Tomas Isdal.
Janardhana Iyengar and his wife, Indiramma Iyengar, had five sons—B.K. Ramaswamy (born 1934), B.J. Srinivas (1938), B. Rangaraj (1940), M. J. Krishnamurthy (1942) and M. J. Prakash (1944)--and two daughters: J. Rathna (wife of K. K. Srinivasan; 1936) and J. Lavanya, born in 1950.
Born in Kottayam on 22 October 1915, Krishnamurthy was educated in Kottayam, University College Trivandrum, Presidency College, Madras and Hertford College, Oxford.
Krishnamurthy began his academic career as a lecturer in Hindi at National College, Bangalore in 1967.
Pudukode Krishnamurthy (1923–85) a disciple of Palakkad Rama Bhagavathar was a Carnatic musician and professor of music at various institutions such as Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palakkad, Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram and Kalakshetra, Chennai.
Krishnamurthy was an Indian politician who served as mayor of Madras from 1964 to 1965.
At the same time, inspiration to pursue music came from his older sister Vishaka Hari, a well known Harikatha exponent who was learning music under Srirangam Krishnamurthy Rao at the time.
Krishnamurthy started his career as a probationary officer at the Bank of India (prior to nationalization) at the age of 19.