Gangadhar V. Chittal was a recipient of Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. He held several administrative positions for the Government of India and audited several Indian Embassies and Consulates. During the Quit India struggle (1942), Chittal was debarred from his college.

Born in Hanehalli

Bankikodla-Hanehalli

Bankikodla-Hanehalli , twin villages of Uttar Kannada district are neighbouring villages in a valley in the south western section of Karnataka, India. Together they form a community of people from different castes and religions....

, Gangadhar completed primary education in his hometown and high school diploma(S.S.C.) from Gibbs High School, Kumta

Gibbs High School, Kumta

Gibb High School, Kumta, is one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada district. The school was established on4 June 1908. It is one of the private high schools of the district started at the beginning of 1900s and was initially named "New English School, Kumta" to distinguish it from the...

 in 1940 with the first rank to the State of Bombay. Chittal completed his initial studies from the Karnatak College Dharwar

Karnatak College Dharwar

Karnatak College of Arts and Science, Dharwar is one of the leading institutions in Karnataka, India offering B.A., B. Com. and B.Sc. degrees. KCD is the oldest college affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwar. Originally it belonged to University of Mumbai. G.S. Paramasivaiah was a student of...

 and then went to Willingdon college, Sangli

Willingdon college, Sangli

The Willingdon College, Sangli was started on the morning of June 22, 1919 in the Sangli City. During this period, Centers of higher education and colleges were rare...

 to major in English literature. There S. R. Ekkundi

Subbanna Ekkundi

Subbanna R. Ekkundi was a recipient of Sahitya Akademi award, Nation award for teacher and Soviet Land award.Ekkundi was born in Ranebennur of Haveri district in the year 1923. At Willingdon college, Sangli, he was a student of literature. At Willingdon, V. K. Gokak and R. S. Mugali were...

 was Chittal's classmate. Also at Willington, V. K. Gokak

V. K. Gokak

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was fifth among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada language for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi...

 and R. S. Mugali

R. S. Mugali

Ram Shri Mugali was awarded the Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his poetic work “Kannada Sahitya Charitre” in Kannada. Professor Mugali’s poetic nickname was “Rasik Ranga”. He was the president of the 44th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Siddganga of Tumkur talukMugali was born in a village called...

 were Chittal's professors.

After graduating from Sangli, Gangadhar joined the Indian Audit and Account Service in 1948. Initially he worked as Assistant Accountant General in Bombay and then moved to Washington D.C. as Deputy Director of Audit. After completion of his stint in Washington D. C., he was transferred to New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 as Deputy Secretary in Irrigation and Power Ministry and then as Comptroller and Auditor General in New Delhi. Subsequently he moved to London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

as Director of audits until his retirement he was director of audits, at western railways, in Bombay.

In 1983, he was honored by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy (Karnatak State Literary Society) for his contributions to Kannada Literature.

Selected books

• Kaalad Kare
• Manu Kulad Haadu
• Hariva Neeridu

• Samparka
• Samagra Kavya