# List of University of Mysore people

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

## Notable faculty

| 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. | 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 |

## Notable alumni
### Arts

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Priyadarshini | 2021 | Ph.D Film Music | University of Mysore | playback singer, musician |
| Avinash | | MA | University of Mysore | actor |
| Baadal Nanjundaswamy | | | | street artist |
| R. K. Laxman | | BA | | artist, cartoonist, and illustrator |

### Business

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
| N.R. Narayana Murthy | 1967 | | National Institute of Engineering | founder of Infosys | |
| N. S. Narendra | 1990 | | National Institute of Engineering | founder of FirePro Systems | |

### Humanities and Social Sciences

| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability |
| M. S. Nagaraja Rao | | | epigraphist and archaeologist; former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India |
| Ismail Mashal | | | Afghan journalist, professor, and women's education activist |
| K Bhogishayana | 1952 | MA | Vice Chancellor of Shivaji University |

### Law

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
| Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | | | Maharaja's | 19th Chief Justice of India | |
| Vishnu S. Warrier | | | Mahajanas | Author | |

### Politics

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
| Akhilesh Yadav | | | Sri Jayachamarajendra | former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| K. Shivram | | | | politician | |

### Science and Technology

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability |
| C. N. R. Rao | 1951 | | | chemist; Recipient of the Bharat Ratna and Legion of Honour |
| Kalappa Muniyappa | 1974; 1976 | | | molecular biologist and geneticist |
| Kalya Jagannath Rao | 1960; 1961 | BSc; MSc | | physical chemist and a Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Science |
| M. J. Thirumalachar | | | | mycologist, microbiologist, plant pathologist |
| P. S. Ayyaswamy | 1962 | BE | | Asa Whitney Professor of Dynamical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar | | | | bioinorganic chemist |
| V. K. Aatre | 1961 | BE (Electrical Engineering) | University Visvesvaraya | former head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Vijay Kumar Kapahi | | | St Joseph's College, Bangalore | astrophysicist; Director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics |

### Sports

| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
| Javagal Srinath | | BE | Sri Jayachamarajendra | cricketer | |