H. Narasimhaiah (ಡಾ. ಹೆಚ್.ನರಸಿಂಹಯ್ಯ) physicist, educator, freedom fighter and rationalist
Born in Hossur on 6th June 1921 (೬ನೆ ಜೂನ್ ೧೯೨೧ ) , a village near Gauribidanur in Karnataka, India. His parents were poor, illiterate and belonged to a disadvantaged caste. Upon completion of elementary education, he left for Bangalore where he joined the National High School, Basavanagudi, in 1935. He received his B.Sc.(Honors) and Master's degree in Physics with first class from Central College of Bangalore (1946). The same year Narasimhaiah started his academic career as a lecturer in National College, Bangalore.
He taught from 1946 until 1957 when he proceeded to Columbus, Ohio to get his PhD degree in Nuclear physics from Ohio State University(1960). ನರಸಿಂಹಯ್ಯ ,ಅಮೇರಿಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದ ನಾಲ್ಕೂ ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ, ಮಧ್ಯಾನ ತಿಂದದ್ದು ಬರಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು. ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಆವರೆ ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ವಿಶ್ವ ದಾಖಲೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಆವರೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ .