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Sherigara, Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University

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He is a former Head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry of the university


  • Prof. Sherigara was born in Udupi in 1945
  • He began his teaching career at MGM College, Udupi
  • He is Visiting Professor at Wichita State University, Kansas, U.S.

    BANGALORE: Governor T.N. Chaturvedi on Tuesday appointed B.S. Sherigara as Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University, Shimoga.

    Prof. Bailur Sheena Sherigara is a former Head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry in the university. He has to his credit over 100 research papers, which have been published in national and international journals. Under his guidance, more than 20 students were awarded Ph.D. degrees.

    He is Visiting Professor at Wichita State University, Kansas, U.S.

    Kuvempu University honoured him with the "Sadhana Purskara" award for 2004 for his achievements in teaching and research. Born in Udupi in 1945, Prof. Sherigara obtained a B.Sc. degree from MGM College in the temple town in 1965.

    He obtained a degree in law and M.Sc. in 1976, and was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Electro Chemistry by Mangalore Univeristy in 1987.

    He began his teaching career at MGM College, Udupi. Thereafter, he taught at Government College, Tumkur. After serving as Reader in the Government College, Mangalore, Prof. Sherigara joined Kuvempu University as Professor and Chairman of the Postgraduate Studies and Research in Industrial Chemistry in 1994.

    He completed a project for the Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Department of Atomic Energy (1996-1999), and received the "appreciation award" from the Indian Association of Analytical Scientists, Mumbai, in 1998.

    He was a member of the Syndicate from August 1996 to September 1998 and a member of the Senate of Kuvempu University during 1995-97. He is a member of the Academic Council of the university since 1994.

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