Prof. K Chinnappa Gowda is a retired Professor of Kannada, Mangalore University and was, for a while, the vice chancellor of the Karnataka Folklore University. His important works include Bhutaradhane: Jaanapadeeya Adhyayana, Samskriti Siri, and Mask and the Message. He has visited Germany, Finland, and Japan on various academic assignments and is the recepient of several prestigious awards. In collaboration with B Surendra Rao, Prof. Gowda has published several works including Ladle in a Golden Bowl (2017), an English translation of an anthology of modern Tulu poems, and Sati Kamale (2019), an English translation of the first Tulu novel from 1936.