Career
His main area of interest is Kannada Linguistics. His other areas of books include Kannada Research, Critics, Literature. His contribution to the Kannada Literature world is undisputed significant.
He has so far published 78 books for his cartulary-register
More than 200 research articles have been published and 90 Research Papers have been presented at various seminars, workshops, Conferences et cetera Number of his books have been prescribed as text-books for Post graduate and under graduate students of various Universities across the country.
He has served as a professor of Kannada at Karnatak University Dharwad, Gulbarga University for over 33 years and after retirement, he was selected as Emeritus Professor by University Grants Commission He was holding number of Administrative Positions at the time of his service such as Dean Faculty of Arts, Chairman - Institute of Kannada studies (Gulbarga University), Student welfare Officer (Gulbarga University), Special Officer (PGCentre, Raichur) et cetera He is also, currently working as a resource person in Central Institute of Indian Languages.