R. C. Hiremath was a professor of kannada and the vice-chancellor of Karnataka University, Dharwar after A. S. Adke

A. S. Adke

Appa Saheb Adke was nominated as the vice-chancellor of Karnataka University, Dharwar after Dr. D. C. Pavate's tenure. Prior to this, Adke was the principal of Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal.-References:* * *...

. Hiremath was the president of the 59th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing Kannada language, its literature, arts, culture and music. It was started in 1915 and held at Bangalore for the first time. It used to be inaugurated by...

. His work includes Samanjali, and Moun Spandan in poetry and Vachan Sampadane and others in essays.

Hiremath was born and raised in a poor Jangam

Jangam

The Jangam or Jangama are a "Saivite order of wandering religious mendicants. The Jangams are the priests or gurus of the Saivite sect of Lingāyats". "The word Jangam is derived from the movable emblem of Lord Shiva...

 family. With his parents facing grave difficulties, he managed to study M.A. and Ph.D. in kannada. He studied in the US on a Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...

scholarship for a period 3 years. He was the head of the department of kannada, Karnataka University, Dharwad.