K. S. Nissar Ahmed

K. S. Nissar Ahmed (born 5 February 1936) is an Indian poet and writer in Kannada language. His full name is Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed. He was a post-graduate in Geology who worked as an Assistant Geologist in The Mysore Mines and Geology at Gulbarga before coming in touch with Kuvempu and was invited to the Kannada poets' meet during Dasara festival in 1959. He worked as a lecturer in Geology in Central College, Bangalore and then in Chitradurga. Later, he taught in the Sahyadri First Grade College in Shimoga for two terms during 1967–72 and 1975–78. He was the 73rd president for Kannada Sahitya Sammalenna held at Shivamogga in the year 2007. He is best known for "Nityotsava" (ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ). The 407th edition of Mysuru Dasara was inaugurated by K S Nissar Ahmed, poet of Nityotsava fame.