Prof. H S Lakshminarayana Bhatta obtained his MSc. from Bangalore University in 1966. He is presently in Visweshwarapuram College of Science, Bangalore as the Head of the department of Physics. He has co-authored the recent physics textbooks in Kannada for Pre-University, published by the Kannada University, Hampi. He is the president of Bangalore University First Grade College Physics Teachers Forum, Bangalore.