H. B. Walikar (born March 18, 1951) is the vice-chancellor of the Karnatak University Dharwad,[1] beginning October 2010. Walikar is the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University. Dr Walikar, who was working as Head of the Department of Computer Science, KUD comes from Yaragal in Muddebihal taluk of Bijapur district.
Dr. Walikar got his PhD (1982) in Mathematics for his thesis on the Graph Theory from the same University under the guidance of Professor E. Sampathkumar. Walikar is well known for his work in Connected dominating set in Graph Theory. He also served as a senior lecturer at Bangalore Government Science College and as a nodal officer for the KUD E-Governance Project. He had a short stint with Rani Chennamma PG Centre in Belgaum as an administrative officer.
Apart from associating with various prestigious professional bodies, he has published a number of mathematical articles in national and international research magazines.