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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = Karnataka Folklore University<br />
|image = Karnataka Folklore University logo.png<br />
|motto = <br />
|established = 2011<br />
|chancellor = [[Governor of Karnataka]]<br />
|vice_chancellor= Prof.D.B.Naik<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Chancellor|url=https://www.janapadauniversity.ac.in/English/Vice-Chancellor|website=www.janapadauniversity.ac.in|publisher=Janapada University|accessdate=25 December 2018}}</ref><br />
|city = [[Shiggaon]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
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|type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
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|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
|website= {{url|https://www.janapadauniversity.ac.in/English/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Karnataka Folklore University''', also known as '''Karnataka Jaanapada Vishwavidyalaya''',<ref>Both names used by the university, e.g. {{cite web|title=About us > Introduction|url=http://janapadauni.in/english/introduction.php|publisher=Karnataka Folklore University|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref> is a [[public university]] exclusively dedicated to the study and research of [[folklore]]. It was established in 2011 at [[Haveri]] district by the [[Government of Karnataka]]. Its first vice chancellor was Ambalike Hiriyanna.<ref name=times1/><br />
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The university is claimed to be world's first university for folklore.<ref>{{cite news|title=Worlds First University for Folklore Set Up in Karnataka|url=http://indiawires.com/11490/news/state-news/worlds-first-university-for-folklore-established-in-karnataka/|accessdate=13 July 2017|publisher=India Wires|date=18 June 2012}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 16 June 2012 by the then Chief Minister of Karnataka D. V. Sadananda Gowda. The university is in Gotagodi, [[Shiggaon]], Karnataka, India.<ref name=times1>{{cite news | title =Shiggaon opens gateway to folk studies | date =17 June 2012 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-17/hubli/32281691_1_folk-art-new-varsity-higher-studies | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103182224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-17/hubli/32281691_1_folk-art-new-varsity-higher-studies | url-status =dead | archive-date =3 January 2013 | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=20 September 2012 }}</ref> It offers degrees M.A. in various fields was well MBA, MPhil and PhD.<ref name=times1/><br />
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