Sonti Dakshinamurthy M.B.,B.S., B.S.Sc., D.P.H., D.T.M.H., Ph.D. (22 December 1899 - 1975) was a professor of Social and Preventive Medicine in India, medical writer and an expert on Malaria. He was born at Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. After studying M.B.,B.S. at Chennai, he went to London for higher studies. He did D.T.H and D.T.M.H. and did his Ph.D. He was the adviser to World Health Organization for about 25 years on Malaria. He held the position of Deputy director of Singapore office for 2 years. He visited Iraq, Alexandria and other countries as a Malaria team.