By N. Niranjan Nikam
Dr. K.V. Puttappa, popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, became the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore in 1956 and continued till 1960. Just then the University Grants Commission (UGC) had made it mandatory for Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes to be conducted in separate campuses. The problem was in finding a suitable place to set up the new campus. There were 300 acres of land on the outskirts of the city which belonged to Sardar Basavaraj Urs and on which stood the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion.
