Kotiganahalli Ramaiah (born 1954) is a Dalit poet, playwright, philosopher and cultural activist from Karnataka, India.
He was an Aam Aadmi Party candidate for Kolar Lok Sabha constituency in the 2014 Indian general election.
During this period Ramaiah also worked as a journalist with Lankesh Patrike, Mungaru and Suggi Sangati; and as a screenplay writer for numerous Kannada films and television serials.
They saved a rupee a day for many years towards the establishment of Aadima, an experimental space that aims to temper the overarching need for political modernity with an understanding of the history of cultural resistance and the philosophical meaning systems that evolved as a response to centuries of marginalisation.
Since then, Aadima has been researching and documenting oral traditions and narratives, creating plays and films and, experimenting in educational pedagogy with numerous communities that live in the Anthargange Hill Range.