Author and PhD holder Dr. Rekha Vasant originally hails from Kodagu. Presently serving as Kannada Professor in Kaveri Degree College, Gonikoppal, she is also interested in research works such as ‘Adhunika Kodava Sahitya’, ‘Arikatthu’, ‘Kalidasa Samshodhana Kriti’, ‘Kodava Rangabhumi’, ‘Kodavara Kulacharadi Tatkajeevi’ and ‘Anku’.

Kodagu’s leading writer, Kodagu’s Gouramma Nidhi, and Kodagu-Rangayana prizes have been awarded for her services to the field of literature.