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Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda is the former Vice-Chancellor of the Kuvempu University, which is located in the state of Karnataka, India.^[1] He is also the son-in-law of the Kannada playwright, Kuvempu, after whom the Kuvempu University is named.^[1] He has published many papers, mainly in the field of pattern recognition.

Early life

Prof. Chidananda Gowda was born in the village of Chockadi, near Sullia on June 15, 1942. He completed his graduation in Engineering from the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering at Bangalore in 1964. He continued his studies and obtained a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1969.^[2] He returned to Bangalore and completed his Phd from the Indian Institute of Science in 1979. He married Tarini, the second daughter of Kuvempu.^[3] He also spent two years at NASA, United States and one year at INRIA, France for conducting post-doctoral research.

Career

Prof. Chidananda Gowda joined the Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering in Mysore as a Professor in the Computer science department and later went on to head the department. He also served as the Vice Principal of the College for about 5 years and later as the Principal for about 1.5 years. He was also a visiting professor at INRIA. He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kuvempu University of 18 January, 2002, a post which he held till 19 January, 2006. He has chaired technical conferences at Zurich, Paris, Tokyo and Luxembourg. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Mysore. Many also refer to him as the father of Symbolic Data Analysis in the English speaking world.^[4]
During his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor, he had to face tough situations like the allegation that the University colleges were being used as a training centre for Naxalites.^[5] He is credited to have improved the infrastructure at the University.^[6] He also was responsible for starting new departments of business administration, microbiology, biochemistry in the University. The distance education program saw a significant growth in his tenure.^[6]
He has also authored books in Kannada and English. Some of his Kannada books include Engineering Geetegalu (Engineering Songs – 1980), Putaanigala Vignyana Padyagalu (Poems on Science for kids – 1984) and Samparka Madhyamagalu (Communication media – 1999).

Awards

Prof. Chidananda Gowda was awarded the Kannada Sahitya Akademi award for his book, Putaanigala Vignyana Padyagalu in 1986. He was also given the M. Visveswaraya Technical Award in 1995 for his contributions to engineering.

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1. Name : Dr. K. Chidananda Gowda
 Present Address: 3004, "Udaya Ravi", 5th Main, 12th Cross, V.V.Puram, Mysore-570 002, Karnataka State, India.
E-Mail: kcgowda12@yahoo.com;
Phone: 0821-2511707 (Resi.);

2. Positions held - earlier : Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University (18-1-2002 to 18-1-2006)

Member, Board of Governors, I.I.T. Mumbai (April 2002 to March 2005)

AICTE Emeritus Professor of Computer Science

Member of the Syndicate, Jadhavpur University, Calcutta (2000-2002)

Director, JSS Research Foundation

Former Principal & Professor of Computer Science & Engg., SJCE., Mysore

3. Education : Post-Doctoral Research

i) NASA, New York, USA: 2 years (1981-83)

ii) INRIA, Paris, FRANCE: 1 year (1989-90)

Ph.D. (1979)-Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

M.E (1969)- M.S.University of Baroda, Baroda

B.E.(1964) – University Visveswaraya College of Engg. Bangalore

4. Professional and : Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University (18^th January 2002 to 18^th January 2006)

Administrative Principal & Vice-Principal : 6 years

Experience Professor & Head of Computer Science & Engineering: 21 years

Ph.D and P.G.(M.Tech.)Guiding/Teaching/Administration: 17 years

Dean of Engineering, Mysore University: 2 years (1993-94)

Professor & Co-Ordinator, M.Sc.(Comp.Sc.), Univ. of Mysore, 1997-98

Consulting Academician & Professor, Univ. of Mysore, 1998-99

Advisor, Campus-Wide Internet Project, Univ. of Mysore, 1998-99

Member of the Senate, Mysore University: 2 years (1993-94)

Member, Academic Council, Mysore University: 2 years (1993-94)

Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science & Engg., Mysore & Kuvempu Universities.

5. Professional

Recognition : Visiting Professor at INRIA, Paris, France (1979)

Curriculum Vita included in “ Who is Who” prepared by Classification Research, Germany

Chaired IECON Conf. In Tokyo, Japan (Oct, 1984)

Charied a Conf. In Zurich (Aug. 1986)

Chaired a Conf. In Paris (1995)

Invited to KESDA’98 Conference, Luxembourg (1998)

Invited Talk in the ECML Conference, Pisa, Italy (2004)

Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India

AICTE Expert ( Emeritus Professor Selection, Project Review/Selection)

ISTE Visiting Professor (1992-93)

6. Publications : More than 100 Research Papers in Computer Science & Engg.

8 Books (Science & Technology and Literary)

Contributions to International Anthologies

Scientific Citations : Over 250 as of 2004.

7. Ph.D. Guidance : Ten Ph.D Candidates

8. Research Projects : 1. Defence Research & Development Organisation, New Delhi(1988-91) Rs.21.72 lakhs

Co-ordinated 2. Indo-French Centre for Advanced Research, New Delhi (1994-97) Rs.25.7 lakhs

3. MHRD/AICTE Sponsored Research Projects

4. Indo-Kazakh Inter Governmental Research Program (1998-)

9. Conferences

Co-ordinated : 1. Program Chairman, Indo-French Conference, Paris (1997)

2. ISTE Sponsored: Two 3.DRDO Sponsored: One

10. Awards : 1. Karnataka Sahithya Academy Award (1986)

2. M. Visveswaraya Technical Award (1995)

3. Honarary Colonel Commandant NCC (2004)

11. Countries Visited : USA, Japan, Singapore, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland,

Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Benelux, Mauritus, Malaysia, China, South Korea.