Vasudhendra is an Indian author in Kannada language known for his short stories and personal essays.

[citation needed] He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka.

He has instituted an award 'Chanda Pustaka Bahumana', which will be given to a fresh and young short story writer every year by publishing his first anthology along with a cash prize.

He is also a visiting faculty in Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering where he is respected and revered by his students.

He has been doing a lot of activism for gay rights in Karnataka and in his latest interview with vishwavani, he argued that most people do not have sex just for procreation but also for recreation and oppression against gays is similar to that against dalits and made references to early Hindu texts.