specializing in number theory, murty is a researcher in the areas of modular forms, elliptic curves, and sieve theory. he was elected a fellow of the royal society of canada in 1990, was elected to the indian national science academy (insa) in 2008, and has won numerous prestigious awards in mathematics, including the coxeter–james prize. a highly learned indian scholar, murty is also cross-appointed as a professor of philosophy at queen's, specialising in indian philosophy.