Brief History of Department:

• Prof Srinakntaiah was the founder head, later on Prof. K.B.Y Thotappa, a student of Prof. Laski,  occupied the chair with great distinction. There are other distinguished teachers who chaired : Prof. Mune Gowda, Prof. Lingaiah, Prof. Rafeek Ahmed, Prof. H.M. Rajashekara, Prof.M.Umapathy.
• We had teachers like Prof. H.K. Cheluvaraju who on later date became the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University, Prof. Bashir Hussain who became the Chairman of Minority Commission

 Other information:

Prof. H.M. Rajashekar, (Retd.), has been appointed as the Emeritus Fellow at our Department