India, March 21 -- By H.K. Shivananda, IAS (Retd.)

[Continued from yesterday]

Dr. K. Venkatagiri Gowda, having earned his Doctorate from the London School of Economics, returned to Mysore in 1957 and taught us for a year before transitioning to Bangalore University as Professor and Head of the Economics Department in 1964.

Notably, N.S. Subba Rao and V.L. D'Souza not only served as Principals of Maharaja's College but also ascended to the positions of VCs of Mysore University. M. Madaiah, who was a couple of years junior to me, also retired as Mysore University VC.

Dr. D.M. Nanjundappa, an alumnus of this Department, besides serving as Secretary of Planning for Karnataka for an extended period, held the VC positions at Karnatak and Ba...