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List of University of Mysore people

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This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of Mysore.

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Name	Affiliation	Notability
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	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]

List of University of Mysore people

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]