Presidents of Literary Conferences of Karnataka

Sl. No	Name	Place	Year
1	H.V. Nanjundaiah	Bengaluru	1915
2	H.V. Nanjundaiah	Bengaluru	1916
3	H.V. Nanjundaiah	Mysuru	1917
4	R. Narasimachar	Dharwad	1918
5	Karpura Srinivasa Rao	Hassan	1919
6	Dodda Srinivasa Rao	Hosapete	1920
7	K.P. Puttanna Shetty	Chikkamagaluru	1921
8	M. Venkatakrishnaiah	Davangere	1922
9	Siddanth Shivashankar Sastry	Vijayapura	1923
10	Hoskote Krishna Sastry	Kolar	1924
11	Benagal Rama Rao	Belagavi	1925
12	P.G. Halakatti	Ballari	1926
13	R. Thathacharya	Mangaluru	1927
14	B.M. Srikantaiah	Kalaburagi	1928
15	Masti Venkatesh Iyengar	Belagavi	1929
16	Alur Venkata Rao	Mysuru	1930
17	Muliya Thimmappaiah	Karwar	1931
18	D.V. Gundappa	Mercara	1932
19	Y. Nagesh Shastry	Hubballi	1933
20	Panje Mangesh Raya	Raichur	1934
21	N.S. Subba Rao	Mumbai	1935
22	Bellave Venkatanarayanappa	Jamkhandi	1937
23	R.R. Diwakar	Ballari	1938
24	Mudavedeu Krishnaraya	Belagavi	1939
25	Y. Chandrashekar Sastry	Dharwad	1940
26	A.R. Krishna Rao	Hyderabad	1941
27	D.R. Bendre	Shivamogga	1943
28	S.S. Basavanala	Rabkavi	1944
29	T.P. Kylasam	Madras	1945
30	C.K. Venkataramaiah	Harapanahalli	1947
31	T. Thathacharya Sharma	Kasargod	1948
32	Chennappa Uttangi	Kalaburagi	1949
33	M.R. Srinivas Murty	Solapur	1950
34	M. Govinda Pai	Mumbai	1951
35	S.C. Nandimath	Belur	1952
36	V. Seetha Ramaiah	Kumta	1954
37	Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth	Mysuru	1955
38	Adya Rangacharya	Raichur	1956
39	K.V. Puttappa	Dharwad	1957
40	V.K. Gokak	Ballari	1958
41	D.L. Narasimachar	Bidar	1959
42	A.N. Krishnaraya	Manipal	1960
43	K.G. Kundanagara	Gadag	1961
44	R.S. Mugali	Siddaganga	1963
45	Kadengodlu Shankara Bhat	Karwar	1965
46	A.N. Upadye	Shravanabelagola	1967
47	D. Javare Gowda	Bengaluru	1970
48	Jayadevi Thai Ligade	Mandya	1974
49	S.V. Ranganna	Shivamogga	1976
50	G.P. Rajarathnam	New Delhi	1978
51	M. Gopalakrishna Adiga	Dharmasthala	1979
52	Basavaraja Kattimani	Belagavi	1980
53	P.T. Narasimhachar	Chikkamagaluru	1981
54	Sam Ba. Joshi	Mercara	1981
55	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar	Sirsi	1982
56	A.N. Murthy Rao	Kaivara	1984
57	Ha-Ma Nayak	Bidar	1985
58	Siddaiah Puranik	Kalaburagi	1987
59	R.C. Hiremath	Hubballi	1989
60	K.S. Narasimha Swamy	Mysuru	1990
61	G.S. Shivarudrappa	Davanagere	1992
62	Simpi Linganna	Koppal	1993
63	Chaduranga	Mandya	1994
64	Dr. H.L. Nage Gowda	Mudhol	1995
65	Channaveera Kanavi	Hassan	1996
66	Kayyara Kinnanna Rai	Mangaluru	1997
67	Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa	Kanakapura	1999
68	Shanthadevi Malavada	Bagalkot	2000
69	Dr. U.R. Anantha Murthy	Tumakuru	2002
70	Patil Puttappa	Belagavi	2003
71	Kamala Hampana	Moodabidri	2003
72	Shantarasa	Bidar	2006
73	Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed	Shivamogga	2006
74	Prof. L.S. Sheshagiri Rao	Udupi	2007
75	Prof. L. Basavaraju	Chitradurga	2009
76	Geetha Nagabhushan	Gadag	2010
77	Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah	Bengaluru	2011
78	Prof. C.P. Krishnakumar	Gangavati	2011
79	Ko. Channabasappa	Vijayapura	2013
80	Na. D Souza	Mercara	2014
81	Dr. Siddalingaiah	Shravanabelagola	2015
82	Dr. Baraguru Ramachandrappa	Raichur	2016
83	Prof. Chandrashekhara Patil	Mysuru	2017
84	Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambar	Dharwad	2019
85	Dr. H.S. Venkateshmurthy	Kalaburagi	2020
86	Dr. Doddarange Gowda	Haveri	2023