Prof. B. Basavaraj is a former Principal of S.J.R. P.U. College, Bengaluru - 560009. He obtained M.Sc. Degree in Physics in 1976 from Bengaluru University. He has been teaching in Physics and Electronics for more than four decades and has been a resource person in these subjects of various workshops organised by the Karnataka pre-univeristy Board for the improvement of teaching and evaluation in colleges. He worked as a Member and Chairman of Board of Examiners. He has been in the field of textbooks - Electronics Circuits, Electrical Engineering, Basic Electronics, Fundamentals of Computers, Digital Electronics, Linear Integrated Circuits, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Fundamentals of Electronics, Electronic Principles, Applied Science, Engineering Physics, etc.