Kalastavadi Puttaswamy (1917 - 1978) was an Indian lawyer, and a senior Indian National Congress politician,[2] who remained a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly (1952–1977), three times from Mysore, subsequently twice from Chamundeshwari constituency and once from Chamaraja consistency,[3][4] who also served as Minister of various ministries of Government of Karnataka, including Labour, Public Administration and Health & Housing.

Later he became the President of Mysore City Corporation, President of District Cooperative Society and he was elected as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, from Mysore city.

He served as a Cabinet Minister of Health, Co-operation, Law and Labour very efficiently.

[7][8] Vidyavardhaka Sangha in Mysore, a dream of Late K. Puttaswamy made its beginning in the year 1948-49 with an intention of propagating education to the poorer sections of the society, at a small choultry in Mysore.

It imparts education not only at high school level, but also Nursery, Primary, Junior, Degree, Law, Engineering, JOC, ITI, Diploma and Management courses, including Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering.