- Received a Master of Arts (History) degree through correspondence from the open university of Mysore in the year 1982.
- His father S. Kempaiah was a drama master and his mother was Chikka Boramma.
- Received a Bachelor of Arts degree from V. V. Puram Evening College of Arts & Commerce.
- He held the distinction of being the first person in India to clear the IAS Exam in the Kannada Language.
- In 1972 he graduated from Malleshwaram Government School in Bangalore.
- In 1986 he secured first rank among the Scheduled Caste community in the Karnataka Administrative Service exam and got selected as Assistant Commissioner of Police.
- In 1985 he cleared the K.A.S. exam and was selected as Deputy Superintendent of Police.
- In May 1973 he joined the Crime Investigation Department as a police reporter.
- While he was undergoing training at Karnataka Police Academy, he cleared the civil services exam (UPSC) and was selected for the I.A.S. which had been his childhood dream.
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