Palanganda T. Bopanna (born 30 June 1950) is an author and journalist from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka, India.

He worked for 12 years with The Times of India, Bangalore (June 1984), starting as Reporter and exiting as Principal Correspondent.

He won two awards in 1986 instituted by the Bangalore Reporters' Guild for best crime story and scoop of the year.

Another book Rise and Fall of the Coorg State has been translated into both the Kannada and the Kodava languages.

Bopanna started an online campaign to improve the condition of the neglected Hunsur–Gonikoppal Road, a 45-km highway between the districts of Mysuru and Kodagu.

IAS officer P Manivannan, Chief Project Officer at Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project, took notice of the issue and convinced PWD Minister Dr H C Mahadevappa to start the work.

In November 2012, Bopanna met Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj and submitted a memorandum for resuming the work.

Upon the governor's direction, the work recommenced but it came to a standstill once again, because of the monsoon rains and because construction materials were not available.