Gandhian Nittoor Srinivasa Rao, popularly also known as Nittur Srinivasa Rao, was a participant in the Indian independence struggle. He served as the first chairman of India's Central Vigilance Commission in addition to being the Chief Justice of the High Court of Mysore State (now Karnataka). He was the first to translate Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography into Kannada and was appointed as the acting governor of the state of Mysore. 

Nittoor Sreenivasarayaru : Noorara Nenapu is a biographical sketch of freedom fighter, writer and jurist.