An endowment in honour of Professor P. R. Panchamukhi, Founder Member and Chairman, CMDR, has been created at the Centre with the contribution from his Ph.D. students and well-wishers. CMDR sincerely thanks her in this regard. Eminent social scientists are invited every year to deliver lectures on topical developmental themes on Teachers’ Day.
Endowment in Honour of Prof. P. R. Panchamukhi Lecture Series:
A Brief History
| Sl. No | Date | Title of the Lecture | Delivered by |
| 1 | 17th April 2010 | State of Social Science in Research and Teaching and its Future | Dr. R S Deshpande Director, ISEC, Bangalore |
| 2 | 6th September 2010 | Human Resource Development | Prof. Usha Murthy Former Principal, Karnataka College, Dharwad |
| 3 | 28th September 2011 | Globalization and Food Security in India | Prof. Pushpa Trivedi, Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai |
| 4 | 13th September 2012 | Reappraising the Role of the Financial Sector in the Macro-economy in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis | Prof.Dilip M Nachane Former Director, Professor Emeritus Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai |
| 5 | 24th September 2013 | Macroeconomic Challenges in India: Domestic and External | Prof. AvadhootNadkarni, Professor of Planning & Development, Planning Commission (Dr. D.T.Lakdawala) Chair and Unit Department of Economics, University of Mumbai |
| 6 | 25th November 2015 | Linking Health, Nutrition and Education: Lessons for the Future | Prof.Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru |
| 7 | 7th September 2016 | Amnesia, Knowledge And The Future Of Social Science | Prof. G. N. Devy, Chairperson, Founder – Adivasi Academy, The People’s Linguistic Survey of India and Founder Trustee, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre |
| 8 | 7th September 2017 | Liberalism, Nationalism and the Contemporary International Order | Prof. James Mayall, FBA Emeritus Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| 9 | 5thSeptember, 2018 | Migration Dynamics: Networking, Ethnicity,Identity, and Schism | Prof. M.A. Kalam Professor of Applied Social Sciences Adjunct Faculty, C. K. Prahalad Centre for Emerging India Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai |
| 10 | 30thAugust, 2019 | Higher Education : Changes and Challenges | Prof.PradeepApte Visiting Professor, Dr.D.M.Nanjundappa Chair, CMDR |