This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of Mysore.
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Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
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Brajendra Nath Seal | |||
N. S. Subba Rao | Professor, Principal and Vice Chancellor (1937–42) | Economist | |
D. L. Narasimhachar | |||
H. V. Nanjundaiah | |||
Kuvempu | Various posts at Maharaja's College and Central College, Bangalore; Retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1960. [note 1] | novelist | |
N. V. Madhusudana | |||
Ranganathan Shashidhar | |||
S. Pancharatnam | |||
S. Srikanta Sastri | Head of the Department of History & Indology at Maharaja's College | ||
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Professor of Philosophy between 1918 and 1921 | 2nd President of India | |
Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao | archaeologist who led teams credited with the discovery of a number of Harappan sites | ||
Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar | Head of the Department of Physics | ||
Mysore Manjunath | Professor, Department of Music | Violinist | |
R. Indira | Professor, Head of the Department of Sociology | Socialist | |
Aravinda Malagatti | Professor, Director of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, Director of Prasaranga | Writer, thinker |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Priyadarshini | 2021 | Ph.D Film Music | University of Mysore | playback singer, musician | [1] [2] |
Avinash | MA | University of Mysore | actor | [3] | |
Baadal Nanjundaswamy | street artist | [4] | |||
R. K. Laxman | BA | artist, cartoonist, and illustrator | [5] |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N.R. Narayana Murthy | 1967 | National Institute of Engineering [note 2] | founder of Infosys | ||
N. S. Narendra | 1990 | National Institute of Engineering [note 2] | founder of FirePro Systems | [6] |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. S. Nagaraja Rao | epigraphist and archaeologist; former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India | [7] | |||
Ismail Mashal | Afghan journalist, professor, and women's education activist | [8] | |||
K Bhogishayana | 1952 | MA | Vice Chancellor of Shivaji University |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | Maharaja's | 19th Chief Justice of India | [9] | ||
Vishnu S. Warrier | Mahajanas | Author | [9] |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akhilesh Yadav | Sri Jayachamarajendra [10] | former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |||
K. Shivram | politician | [11] |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. N. R. Rao | 1951 | chemist; Recipient of the Bharat Ratna and Legion of Honour | [12] | ||
Kalappa Muniyappa | 1974; 1976 | molecular biologist and geneticist | [13] | ||
Kalya Jagannath Rao | 1960; 1961 | BSc; MSc | physical chemist and an Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Science | [14] | |
M. J. Thirumalachar | mycologist, microbiologist, plant pathologist | [15] | |||
P. S. Ayyaswamy | 1962 | BE | Asa Whitney Professor of Dynamical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania | [16] | |
Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar | bioinorganic chemist | [17] | |||
V. K. Aatre | 1961 | BE (Electrical Engineering) | University Visvesvaraya [note 3] | former head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation | |
Vijay Kumar Kapahi | St Joseph's College, Bangalore [note 4] | astrophysicist; Director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics | [18] |
Name | Class
Year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Javagal Srinath | BE | Sri Jayachamarajendra [10] | cricketer |
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