Career
Currently, he is the vice chancellor of Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, whose seat is in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He is elected as a president of 86th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan scheduled to be held at Chiplun. He was born on March 29, 1948 in the town of Mukhed in Nanded District.
He received his Bachelor of Arts (1969), Master of Arts (1971), and Doctor of Philosophy (1980) degrees from Marathwada University in Marathi literature.
Kottapalle started his career as a college lecturer in 1971 and moved up to be the head of Marathi department at University of Pune in 1996.