Hiremath (kannada:???.??.?????? 15 January 1920 – 3 November 1998) was a professor of Kannada and the Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka University, Dharwar after A.
S.
Adke.
Hiremath was the president of the 59th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana.
He was a founding member the Dravidian Linguistics Association and the director of International School of Dravidian Linguistics (ISDL) in Trivandrum.
His work ranges from creative and critical work to several editorial publications.