K. Chidananda Gowda (born 15 June 1942) is an Indian academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kuvempu University, which is located in the state of Karnataka, India.

He continued his studies and obtained a Master's degree in Engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1969.

[5] During his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor, he had to face tough situations like the allegation that the University colleges were being used as a training centre for Naxalites.

[7] He also was responsible for starting new departments of business administration, microbiology, biochemistry in the University.

Bombay(April 2002 to March 2005) AICTE Emeritus Professor of Computer Science Member of the Syndicate, Jadavpur University, Calcutta (2000-2002) Dean of Engineering, Mysore University : 2 years (1993–94) Former Principal & Professor of Computer Science & Engg., SJCE., Mysore Visiting Professor at INRIA, Paris, France (1979) Curriculum Vita included in “ Who is Who” prepared by Classification Research, Germany Chaired IECON Conference In Tokyo, Japan (Oct, 1984) Charied a Conference In Zurich (Aug. 1986) Chaired a Conference In Paris (1995) Invited to KESDA’98 Conference, Luxembourg (1998) Invited Talk in the ECML Conference, Pisa, Italy (2004) Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India AICTE Expert ( Emeritus Professor Selection, Project Review/Selection) ISTE Visiting Professor (1992–93) In 1986 Prof. Chidananda Gowda was awarded the Kannada Sahitya Akademi award for his book, Putaanigala Vignyana Padyagalu.