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Honnappa Siddalingaiah (born 1934) is an Indian Mathematician who was  Chair of the Department of Mathematics at the Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India, where he Whre he started the Math Department in 1963 when SIT started.

Early life and education
Siddalingaiah was educated at Central College in Bangalore and obtained his B.Sc Honors and M.Sc degrees. He taught at Central college prior to becoming the Chairman of Math Department at SIT. In 1966 he was accepted at University Of Ottawa to pursue his studies and obtained a Masters degree and came to University of Pittsburgh to complete his Ph.D. in Pittsburgh, Pennsilvania.

Career
Siddalingaiah accepted a position with Computer Sciences Corporation to work at Goddard Space Flight center in 1972. Articles (1) Rodgers, Edward, Siddalingaiah, Honnappa, Chang, A. T. C., Wilheit, Thomas. A statistical technique for determining rainfall over land employing nimbus 6 ESMR measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology 1979. 18:978-991

Instrumental in setting up one of a kind of Barge Mounted Power Plant at Tanir Bavi, Mangalore, Karnata, India 1996-2002 Community Leader: President and Board member of India Association, Pittsburgh, PA from 1971-1974 President of Kaveri Kannada Association DC metropolitan area, 1975 Founder Member of Veerashaiva Samaja of North America in 1975. Registered VSNA as a non-profit organization,Published the first Directory of Veerashaivas in North America, published several New Letters and the History of VSNA as the Life Member. President of Sagar Inc. Clarksburg, MD - 1982 Founder Member of SIddaganga Humanitarian Mission and the First President - 2008