He is presently working at Kannada Prabha, a regional daily. He is also a well-known poet in Kannada language. His first poetry collection ‘Charithreya Jaadinachege’ was published in 2004. It has got good response from writers as well as critics. He hails from a sleepy village Sampalli in Shimoga district of Karnataka, an Indian state. He did his post-graduation in English Literature at Kuvempu University. He has translated some British and South African poets to his native language as well. As a journalist he has worked extensively on the life and development challenges of Western Ghats. He is presently residing at Shimoga, a town on the verge of Western Ghats.