Sri. H.L. Nagegowda retired from government service after serving for forty long years. On his retirement, a felicitation function was arranged by his well wishers on 11 Feb 1979, at Bangalore under the able guidance of Sri. G.Narayana. A purse of Rupees one lakh fifteen thousand was presented to him on this occasion. Nagegowda did not spend this money for his ownself, but established Karnataka Janapada Parishat on 21 st March 1979, with a sole aim of preserving, propagating, publicising, documenting Folk traditions of Karnataka. He conceived and formulated projects to collect, preserve and publicise Folk information. He constituted managing committee to execute these projects. The details of the first committee is as follows.

Founder President :
Sri.H.L.Nagegowda(Retd IAS Officer and Litterateur)

Members :
Sri.G.Narayana (Ex Mayor, Bangalore city)

:Dr. Siddayya Puranik(Retd IAS Officer and Renowned poet) :

:Prof. G.Venkata subbaiah ( Writer and Ex President Kannada Sahitya parishat)

: Dr. G.S. Paramashivayya (Janapada professor).

: Sri. K.R.Lingappa( Advocate and Janapada musician)

: Sri. Arya Lakshmi Narayana Alva (Litterateur and Social worker)

: Prof. H. J. Lakkappagowda ( Janapada Scholar)

: Sri. Simpi Linganna (Janapada Scholar)