KANNADA SAHITYA SAMMELANA so far:

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana :

No-Year-Place-President

1	1915	Bangalore	H. V. Nanjundaiah
2	1916	Bangalore	H. V. Nanjundaiah

3	1917	Mysore	H. V. Nanjundaiah
4	1918	Dharwad	R. Narasimhachar
5	1919	Hassan	Karpura Srinivasa Rao
6	1920	Hospet	Rodda Srinivasa Rao
7	1921	Chikkamagaluru	K. P. Pattana Shetty
8	1922	Davangere	M. Venkatakrishnaiah
9	1923	Bijapur	Siddhanta Shivashankar Shastri
10	1924	Kolar	Hoskote Krishnashastri
11	1925	Belgaum	Benagal Ramarao
12	1926	Bellary	Pha. Gu. Halkatti
13	1927	Mangalore	R. Tatacharya
14	1928	Gulbarga	B. M. Srikantaiah
15	1929	Belgaum	Masti Venkatesh Iyengar
16	1930	Mysore	Aluru Venkata Rao
17	1931	Karwar	Muliya Thimmappaiah
18	1932	Madikeri	D. V. Gundappa
19	1933	Hubli	Y. Nagesh Shastri
20	1934	Raichur	Panje Mangesh Rao
21	1935	Mumbai	N. S. Subbarao
22	1937	Jamkhandi	Bellave Venkatanaranappa
23	1938	Bellary	Ranganath Diwakar
24	1939	Belgaum	Mudaveedu Krishnarao
25	1940	Dharwad	Y. Chandrashekar Shastri
26	1941	Hyderabad	A. R. Krishna Shastri
27	1943	Shimoga	Da Ra Bendre
28	1944	Rabkavi	S. S. Basavanala
29	1945	Chennai	T. P. Kailasam
30	1947	Harpanahalli	C. K. Venkataramaiah
31	1948	Kasaragod	Ti Ta Sharma
32	1949	Gulbarga	Uttangi Channappa
33	1950	Solapur	M. R. Srinivasamurthy
34	1951	Mumbai	M. Govinda Pai
35	1952	Belur	S. C. Nandimath
36	1954	Kumta	M. V. Seetharamiah
37	1955	Mysore	Shivaram Karanth
38	1956	Raichur	Sriranga
39	1957	Dharwad	Kuvempu
40	1958	Bellary	V. K. Gokak
41	1959	Bidar	D. L. Narasimhachar
42	1960	Manipal	A. N. Krishna Rao
43	1961	Gadag	K. G. Kundangar
44	1963	Siddaganga	Ram Sri Mugali
45	1965	Karwar	Kadangodlu Shankar Bhatt
46	1967	Shravanabelagola	Aa Ne Upadhya
47	1970	Bangalore	De Javaregowda
48	1974	Mandya	Jayadevitayi Ligade
49	1976	Shimoga	S. V. Ranganna
50	1978	New Delhi	G. P. Rajarathnam

51	1979	Dharmasthala	Gopalakrishna Adiga
52	1980	Belgaum	Basavaraj Kattimani
53	1981	Chikkamagaluru	Pu Ti Narasimhachar
54	1981	Madikeri	Sham Ba Joshi
55	1982	Sirsi	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
56	1984	Kaivara	A. N. Murthy Rao
57	1985	Bidar	Ha Ma Nayak
58	1987	Gulbarga	Siddaiah Puranik
59	1990	Hubli	R. C. Hiremath
60	1990	Mysore	K. S. Narasimhaswamy
61	1992	Davangere	G. S. Shivarudrappa
62	1993	Koppal	Simpi Linganna
63	1994	Mandya	Chaduranga
64	1995	Mudhol	H. L. Nage Gowda
65	1996	Hassan	Channaveera Kanavi
66	1997	Mangalore	Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
67	1999	Kanakapura	S. L. Bhyrappa
68	2000	Bagalkot	Shantadevi Malawada
69	2002	Tumkur	U. R. Ananthamurthy
70	2003	Belgaum	Patil Puttappa
71	2003	Moodabidri	Kamala Hampana
72	2006	Bidar	Shantarasa Hemberalu
73	2007	Shimoga	K. S. Nissar Ahmed
74	2008	Udupi	L. S. Sheshagiri Rao
75	2009	Chitradurga	L. Basavaraju
76	2010	Gadag	Geetha Nagabhushan
77	2011	Bangalore	G. Venkatasubbaiah
78	2012	Gangavati	C.P.Krishnakumar
79	2013	Bijapur	Ko Channabasappa