Vision  and    Mission

In the context of ensuring endurance and development of Kannada land, its language, literature, and culture, it was a much needed but difficult task to culturally unify Karnataka. In such a big crisis, Dr Rajakumar as a person and as an acclaimed film hero took a well- balanced stand. He gave voice to the people from the village, town, city, literate and the illiterate and the people from various classes of society. That is why Dr Rajkumar stands tall among the people who participated in Kannada struggle. No one can deny that he was able to influence the masses to come together to unify Karnataka. He became the undisputed cultural leader, went on to grow into an undisputed leader of communities also. Many thought that in the hot pursuit of modernity and technology, Kannada language, literature, and culture have almost perished. However Dr Rajakumar’s moves saw them preserved. The primary concerns of the chair are to conduct all kinds of activities to provide a sustainable and beneficial process to Kannada land and society.

To study the effects of the phenomenon called Dr Rajkumar as a pioneer of social mobility, as a spirit that rebuilt Kannada culture, rather than merely viewing him as a popular hero or a singer.

2. There is also a need to study the way in which Rajkumar’s Kannada movies shaped the political structure that we have come to understand and recognize as Kannada nationalism.
3. There is no institution or centre for a comprehensive study of Kannada cinema and Kannada theatre. The purpose of the Chair is to overcome this inadequacy.
4. There are some centres in which Kannada theatre-related activities are constantly taking place. But there is no centre in Karnataka that teaches and studies theatre in addition to theatrical activities. One of the objectives of the Chair is to make the theatre a nurturing and sustaining centre in this regard.
5. The most influential medium of entertainment is cinema. Despite the attempts to understand the spheres that this medium has influenced among the masses, also as cultural critique, the chair needs to work to unravel its impact on the different sectors of the societies in our land. Such a purpose is also on the agenda of this chair.

Purpose of the Chair

1. To study the effects of the phenomenon called Dr Rajkumar as a pioneer of social mobility, as a spirit that rebuilt Kannada culture, rather than merely viewing him as a popular hero or a singer.
2. There is also a need to study the way in which Rajkumar’s Kannada movies shaped the political structure that we have come to understand and recognize as Kannada nationalism.
3. There is no institution or centre for a comprehensive study of Kannada cinema and Kannada theatre. The purpose of the Chair is to overcome this inadequacy.
4. There are some centres in which Kannada theatre-related activities are constantly taking place. But there is no centre in Karnataka that teaches and studies theatre in addition to theatrical activities. One of the objectives of the Chair is to make the theatre a nurturing and sustaining centre in this regard.
5. The most influential medium of entertainment is cinema. Despite the attempts to understand the spheres that this medium has influenced among the masses, also as cultural critique, the chair needs to work to unravel its impact on the different sectors of the societies in our land. Such a purpose is also on the agenda of this chair.

Uniqueness

1. The historical, socio-cultural environment of Vijayanagara where Purandaradasa spent his larger part of his life suits for the establishement of Purandaradasa Addhyayana peetha.
2. Since its inception, the chair of studies of Purandaradas has engaged itself as a pivotal centre for the study through synthesizing Purandaradasa’s life and literature in the larger canvas of  applied and cognate interdependent disciplines of knowledge.
3. Uniqueness of Kannada Univeristy as the lone language university of the state which encompasses the diverse studies on folklore, translation, Dravidian culture, kannada literature, manuscriptology, women’s studies has influenced the studies of Purandaradasa Peetha as the conveners of the peetha belonged to the different domains of schools of thoughts.