H. B. Walikar

H. B. Walikar (born March 18, 1952) is the vice-chancellor of the Karnatak University in Dharwad, India, beginning October 2010. Walikar is the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University. Dr Walikar, who was working as Head of the Department of Computer Science, KUD comes from Yaragalla in Muddebihal taluk of Bijapur district.

Dr. Walikar got his Ph.D. (1982) in mathematics for his thesis on graph theory from the same university under the guidance of Professor E. Sampathkumar. Walikar is well known for his work in connected dominating set in graph theory. He also served as a senior lecturer at Bangalore Government Science College and as a nodal officer for the KUD E-Governance Project. He had a short stint with Rani Chennamma PG Centre in Belgaum as an administrative officer.

Apart from associating with various prestigious professional bodies, he has published a number of mathematical articles in national and international research magazines.

Fields of Interest

Graph Theory, Combinatorial Designs, Algorithms

Teaching Positions Held

• Professor (K.U.D) 1997 onwards
• Chairman (Department of Computer Science, KUD) 2007-2010
• Reader (KUD) 1989–1997
• Lecturer (Govt. Science College, Bangalore) 1983–1989
• Lecturer (K.U. P.G. Centre, Belgaum) 1982–1983
• Lecturer (Karnatak College, Dharwad) 1979-1982

Administrative Responsibilities

1. Administrator, Karnatak University Kittur Rani Channamma P.G. Center, Belgaum. (1998–2000)
2. Nodal Officer, E-Governance, Karnatak University, Dharwad. (2008-2010)
3. President, P. G. Gymkhana, Karnatak University, Dharwad.(2007-2008)
4. Chairman, Department of Computer Science Karnatak University, Dharwad. (2007-2010)
5. Vice-Chancellor, Karnatak University, Dharwad. (October, 25th 2010)

Membership of Professional and Academic bodies

1. Member, Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, New Delhi; Society for Industrial Mathematics, Pune;
2. Member, Board of Studies in Mathematics, K.U. Dharwad; Shivaji University, Kolhapur; Kuvempu University, Shimoga and Bangalore University, Bangalore
3. Member, Faculty of Science and Technology, K. U, Dharwad and Kuvempu University, Shimoga.
4. Member, Board of Appointment, Solhapur University, Solhapur.
5. Member, Academic Council P. C. Jabin Autonomous College, Hubli.
6. Member, Governing Council Shri. Vivekananda Autonomous College, Madurai (Nominated by UGC).
7. UGC nominee for the Planning and Monitoring Board, Sri. Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Enathur, Kanchipuram.
8. UGC nominee for the Governing Council of Uttarakhand State Government Engineering College. Pauri

Cited Books

1. Teresa W. Haynes, Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Peter J. Slater "Fundamentals of Domination in Graphs", Marcel Dekker, Inc New York, 1998.
2. Teresa W. Haynes, Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Peter J. Slater "Domination in Graphs, Advance Topics", Marcel Dekker, Inc New York, 1998.
3. G. Chartarnd and L. Lesnik "Graphs and Digraphs" CRC Press- 2002.
4. Jonathan L. Gross, Jay Yellen "Hand Book of Graph Theory" CRC Press-207.
5. G. Chartarnd, Ping Zhang - "Introduction to Graph Theory” . TATA McGraw- Hill Edition.
6. S. Armugum "Invitation to Graph Theory" (The content of page 137, which runs as H. B. Walikar, B. D. Acharya and E. Sampathkumar are some Indian Mathematicians who have made substantial contribution to the following technical report published by then in 1979 have triggered a considerable amount of research in this area)
7. H. B. Walikar, B. D. Acharya and E. Sampathkumar recent developments in the theory of domination in graphs. Technical report 14, MRI 1979.

Co-authors

1. Renu Laskar, Dept. of Mathematics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. U.S.A.
2. E. Sampathkumar, UGC Professor Emertus Dept. of Mathematics Manasa Gangotry, Mysore.
3. B.D. Acharya, Advisor, Govt. of India, Dept. of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
4. S.B. Rao, (Former Director), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
5. Fred Buckley, Professor of Mathematics, Baruch College (CUNY), New York, U.S.A.
6. I. Gutman, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Yugoslovia.
7. Y. Hou, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
8. S. Arumugam, Dept. of Mathematics, Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Eng. Anandnagar, Krishnankoil.
9. S.T. Hedetniemi, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.
10. S.M. Hedetniemi, Clemson University, Clemson, Carolina.
11. J.R.S. Blair, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.