On 7 February 2011, Bharadwaj withheld the approval of honorary doctorate by the Bangalore University to noted historian and Kannada writer M. Chidananda Murthy.
In Mysore University, he came under the influence of Kannada literary figures like Kuvempu, PuTeeNa, Raghavachar and historians like S. Srikanta Sastri.
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Another literary stalward TeeNamShri guided Murthy in doctoral research on Kannada inscriptions.
R. Narayana Murthy | Narayana Murthy | Tammareddy Krishna Murthy | Chidananda Dasgupta | Vivek Murthy | Sudha Murthy | Narayana murthy | M. Chidananda Murthy | Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy |