It is quite apt that a memorial lecture has been instituted by State Bank of Mysore in the honour of Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar. The prophetic Maharaja of Mysore, during his lifetime, had earned sobriquets of being a philosopher-king and a ‘Rajarshi’ or a “saintly king” from no less a person than the Father of the Nation.
It is a glowing testimony of his popularity and prowess that Mysore in his times was regarded as “the best administered state in the world”. As Lord Sankey noted “princes from other sections of India were sent to Mysore for administrative training” and hence, holding this memorial lecture at this newly opened learning Centre holds an added significance.