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About K. Puttaswamy (scholar)
- Dr K Puttaswamy is a Kannada writer, film critic, translator and an environmentalist.
- He hails from Varagerahalli in Ramanagar district.
- He is currently serving as an Assistant Director in Kannada Development Authority.
- He is known for his translation of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” to Kannada.
- He served as the Head of the Department of History of Sciences in Hampi Kannada University.
- His major areas of interest are Kannada language, literature, science and films. He received the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award in the category of science and cinema [2] for his contribution to Kannada language and science literature.
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