Mahadevaswamy is new V-C of GM University Davangere

GM University’s newly appointed Vice-Chancellor H.R. Mahadevaswamy taking charge from his predecessor S.R. Shankapal at a ceremony in Davangere recently. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT GM University’s newly appointed Vice-Chancellor H.R. Mahadevaswamy took charge from his predecessor S.R. Shankapal at a ceremony held on the university campus in Davangere recently.According to a press release, Chancellor G.M. Lingaraju welcomed Dr. Mahadevaswamy and felicitated the outgoing Vice-Chancellor Prof. Shankapal in recognition of his service to the institution.Representatives of the university’s management and academic administration recalled Dr. Shankapal’s contributions during his tenure and welcomed Dr. Mahadevaswamy, expressing the hope that the university will continue to grow under his leadership.The ceremony was attended by Board of Governors representative Y.U. Subhash Chandra, management representative K. Divyananda, GM Group Executive Director Rafeeq Raj, Pro Vice-Chancellor M. Venugopalarao and Registrar Sunil Kumar B.S., besides principals, deans, directors, faculty members and non-teaching staff of the university and other GM Group institutions.Dr. Mahadevaswamy holds a BE in Electronics and Communication, an M.Tech in Industrial Electronics and a Ph.D in Fractal and Wavelet Image Compression.He began his academic career at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, and later worked in the technology sector at Satyam Computers and Robert Bosch.He subsequently served as Principal of JNNCE, Shivamogga, and as Joint Director of the Technical Education Division at JSS Mahavidyapeetha.Before joining GM University, he served as Vice-Chancellor of JSS University, Noida, from 2024. Published - November 09, 2026 07:47 pm IST