Dr Mallikarjun Patil

Welcome to

English Professor, Former Registrar (KUD),
Creative Writer Dr Mallikarjun Patil’s Website

About Me

Francis Bacon says, ‘Reading maketh a full man.’ Reading is a noble habit. Studies bring us ‘sweetness and light.’ Dr Patil is a novelist, playwright, short story writer, critic and translator.

Personal: He is born in a Lingayat family in Dharwad in 1967. He did his MA and PhD from Karnatak University. He did a PGDTE from EFL University, Hyderabad. He passed SLET in 1994. He had a fellowship from Oxford and did a certificate course there in 2001. England’s experience was wonderful and that transformed his life. He has married Dr Nanda Patil, a great performing artist in Hindustani music and both his son and daughter are artists. Dr Patil was an Assistant Professor of English at Gulbarga University and Head and an Associate Professor at Women’s University, Bijapur formerly. Now he is Professor and Chairman, Department of English, Karnatak University.