H. M. Nayak Explained

H. M. Nayak
Birth Name:Harogadde Manappa Nayak
Birth Date:12 September 1931
Birth Place:Harogadde, Shivamogga, Mysore State, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Death Place:Mysore, Mysuru District, Karnataka, India
Genre:Folklore and Essays

Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an academician, writer and folklorist.

Early life and career

He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university.Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.[1]

Death

Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore in the year 2000, at the age of 69.[2]

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Accolades

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university . Gulbarga University . 2007-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060928090509/http://www.gulbargauniversity.kar.nic.in/earliervice.htm . 2006-09-28.
  2. Web site: Kannada writer Nayak dead . The Tribune India . 2007-03-25.
  3. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards . Sahitya Akademi . 2007-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071211010650/http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10307.htm . 11 December 2007 . dmy-all.