H. M. Nayak

Who was H. M. Nayak?

Harogadde Manappa Nayak was an academician, writer and folklorist.

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.

H. M. Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore. in the year 2000 at the age of 69.