Uliyar Padmanabha Upadhyaya (April 10, 1932 – July 17, 2020) was an Indian Tulu scholar.[1] Born in 1932 to his father Sitaram Upadhyaya, who was Shivalli Madhva Brahmin priest and reputed scholar in the court of Raja of Travancore. He was native of Uliyargoli near Udupi. Upadhyaya was a linguist whose subject spans languages; Tulu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Tamil Hindi, French and English. He started his career in 1958 as the assistant librarian in Oriental manuscript library. He taught at St.Joseph College, Bengaluru (Bangalore) and at Deccan College of Post graduate and Research in Pune (Poona) for decades. He was married to Susheela Upadhyaya who died at 77 and also contributed to Tulu and Kannada literature and culture.[2] The Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodana Kendra had published the Lexicon in Udupi.[3] Dr.Uliyar Padmanabha Upadhyaya died on July 17, 2020[4] He said Tulu language has potential to become a classical language.[5]
