 Vijayakumar, the Principal of the Government PU Women's College of Sagar, who was also a member of the Text Book Committee.Their efforts were recognised when a lesson on Dr. Parameshwara was included in the first year Pre University English Text Book in the year 2005.The first copy of this textbook was presented to his widow Prema by Ramalinga Reddy, the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education in the Government of Karnataka.