Presidents of Kannada Sahitya Parishat

Name	Period
H.V. Nanjundaiah	1915–1920
Sir M. Kantharaja Urs	1920–1922
Sri. Kantarava Narasimharaja Wodeyar	1924–1940
Sri. Jayachamaraja Wodeyar	1940–1941
Raja Lakhamanna Gowda	1941–1946
Sardesai	1946–1947
Loku Narayan Rao Swami Rao	1947
Thirumale Thathacharya Sharma	1947–1949
Rev. Uttangi Chennappa	1949–1950
M.R. Srinivas Murthy	1950–1953
Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar	1953–1954
Prof. A.N. Murthy Rao	1954–1956
B. Shivamurthy Shastry	1956–1964
G. Venkatsubbaiah	1964–1969
G. Narayana	1969–1978
Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah	1978–1986
H.B. Jwalanaiah	1986–1988
Prof. G.S. Shiddalingaiah	1989–1992
Go. Ru. Channabasappa	1992–1995
Dr. Sa. Shi. Maruliah	1995–1998
N. Basavaradhya	1998–2001
Hari Krishna Punaruru	2001–2004
Prof. Chandrashekhar Patil	2004–2008
Dr. Nallur Prasad	2008–2012
Pundalika Halambi	2012–2016
Manu Baligar	2016–2022
Dr. Mahesh Joshi	2022–Present