S. Hegde

Dr S. N. Hegde, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore, holds an Msc and PhD in Zoology from Karnataka Univeristy and has made significant contributions to higher education. Prior to his elevation to Vice Chancellor in 1997, he served as Professor and Chairman of the Applied Zoology Department at Mangalore University. During his six-year tenure at the University of Mysore, he initiated several transformative projects, including the establishment of a school of Management Science, securing the UGC approval for a National Centre for the History of Science, and achieving a five-star NAAC accreditation in 1999 the first university in Karnataka to do so. By introducing self-financing courses to boost internal resources, he also played a key role in developing two postgraduate centres. His academic background includes being a Commonwealth Postdoctoral Fellow in the UK and a Fulbright Visiting Professor in the USA. Specialising in Animal Physiology, with secondary interests in Ecology and Environment, one of his notable research achievements was isolating and partially characterising a growth factor from "Pigeon milk"-the food of baby pigeons.