Dr. K. NARAYANA GOWDA, M.Sc.,(Agri.), Ph.D
University of Agricultural Sciences,
GKVK, Bangalore-560 065.
E-mail:vc@uasbangalore.edu.in knarayanagowda@yahoo.co.in
Ph. No.: 080-23332442(O)/23331341(R)
Cell: 9449866900
Dr. K. Narayana Gowda hails from a remote village in Kunigal taluk of Tumkur district. Obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (1973), Masters Degree in Agricultural Extension (1979) and Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension (1992) with Gold medal from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Gowda has served with distinction in various positions for 36 years as Dean (Agri), UAS, GKVK campus; Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Extension; Project Coordinator, Rural Bio-Resource Complex and Extension Coordinator, Extension Education Unit, Bangalore. He had the rare opportunity of serving in all the three fields of Teaching, Research and Extension covering majority of Southern districts of Karnataka.
Dr. Gowda has guided 9 Ph.D. and 11 M.Sc. scholars. Published more than 124 research papers, including books. He has visited USA, UK, France, Spain and Pakistan to participate and present papers in the International Seminars and Conferences.
He is continuously serving as Selection Committee Member in various SAUs, ASRB, ICAR Institutes, Nationalized Banks, Commodity Boards and NGOs. Served as Member of the Academic Council of ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, Board of Studies, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. Serving as Member in the important Committees at the GOI and GOK particularly as Coordinator of RBCs at DBT, Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC), respectively and is member in 10 National and International professional bodies. Recently, elected as Vice-President of Indian Society of Extension Education New Delhi for the southern zone.
His Major contributions include implementation of Whole Village Development Programme, introduction of pure crop of Banana in Malnad area, Introduced Redgram as an intercrop in the Potato belt of Hassan and evolved model for Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) programme, besides a scale to measure people’s participation. The model evolved under Rural Bio-Resource Complex (RBC) project is being replicated in North Eastern States of the country. Recently the Government of Karnataka is contemplating to replicate the model in 29 KVKs of Karnataka.
The Expert Centre established at GKVK under his guidance in collaboration with ISRO is reaching farmers and farmwomen across the State every week through 51 Village Resources Centres and now GOK is planning to replicate in all the 746 Raitha Samparka Kendras in Karnataka.
Responsible for instituting two prestigious awards for farmers and two awards for the extension personnel to recognize best achievers every year in the University and Alumni Association. He is a member of 10 professional bodies and recently elected as Vice-President of ISEE, New Delhi.
Considering his useful contributions in all the three fields of teaching, research and extension he was conferred with 10 prestigious awards including recently bestowed Swami Sahajananda Extension Scientists National Award of ICAR-2009. He is constantly endeavoring to develop models to rebuild the confidence of farmers in farming and in fine tuning Agriculture Teaching, Research and Extension.
