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Dr. K.M. Suresh (B. 1952) presently working as Director (Museum) in the Kannada University, Hampi, Vidyaranya-583276, in Karnataka, obtained his Master's Degree from Karnataka University, Dharwar in 1974 and P.G. Diploma in Archaeology, from Institute of Achaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi. In 1986. He obtained Ph.D., Degree from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, in 1992 on 'Sculptural Art of Hampi-Vijayanagara'. Since his inception in the Arachaeological Survey of India from 1976 to 1996, he served in various capacities in the Archaeological Museum at Bijapur, Hampi, Aihole and Badami in Karnataka and Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. He has been active field worker and excavator in the Excavation Branch IV or Archaeological Survey of India, Bhubneswar in Orissa. Dr. Suresh's other works are Sculptural art of Hampi-Vijayanagara; Saivite Sculptures of Khajuraho; Iconography of Vishnu from Khajuraho; Kandariya Mahadeva temple at Khajuraho; Karnataka Devalaya Kosha: Bellary District; Karnataka Devalaya Kosha: Koppal District; Hemakuta: Recent Researches in Archaeology and Museology (Shri C.T.M. Kotraiah's Felicitation Volume). Forthcoming works are Temples of Karnataka (Ground Plans and Elevation); Forts of Vijayanagara; Panchatantra; Facet Researched in Archaeology, (Dr. C.S. Patil's Commemoration Volume). He has contri-buted several research papers for leading Journals and Felicitation Volumes. He is member for many academic societies and a guide to Ph.D., scholars in the Kannada University, Hampi.

C.T.M. Kotraiah has worked both as an archaeologist and museum director with the Archaeological Surey of India in Karnataka. He has now retired to Mysore. Among his many publications on the Vijayanagara period is the acclaimed Irrigation Systems Under Vijayanagara Empire (Directorate of Vijayanagara Empire (Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Mysore, 1995). He maintains an interest in Kannada literature of the Vijayanagara era.

Dr. S.Y. Somashekhar (b. 1970) presently working as Lecturer in the Dept. of ancient History and Archaeology and Assistant Director of Distance Education in the Kannada University, Hampi, took his M.A. (1993) from Mysore University, M.Phil., (1995) and Ph.D.) (2000) from Kannada University, Hampi. He obtained Ph.D., degree on "Military system and war policies during Vijayanagar Period". He has published works on Hampi Bazars (1997), Karnataka Devalaya Kosha: Bellary and Koppal District (1999, 2001), Jatangi Rameshwara: A cultural study (2004). He has edited Kuvempu's literary works (2004) and also published more than 35 research articles in various journals.