[3][4] The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahmins are settled cultivation and priesthood.
They were associated with administration, economics, literature, music composing, politics, scholarly, scientific, engineering, defense and warfare careers.
[8] As per Eastern Chalukyan records, Brahmins who were appointed to a 'Niyoga', commission, charge or office, were called 'Niyogins', officials or functionaries.
The term 'Niyogikavallabha' finds mention in a record of Eastern Chalukyan king Mangi Yuvaraja (r. 682 – 706 CE).
[11][12][13] In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, there are some sections of Niyogis such as Aruvela and Prathamasaki who follow Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya.