General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
Padma Bhushan, DSO, ADC
Chief of Army Staff, 07 May, 1957 - 07 May, 1961
Cottonian 1918 - 1922

The General K. S. Thimayya Memorial Lecture series is an Old-Boys-of-Cottons endeavour, to commemorate the memory of General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, Padma Bhushan, DSO, Chief of Army Staff from May 07, 1957 to May 07, 1961, and Old Cottonian (1918-1922).
The Lecture series is instituted by a few Old Boys to pay tribute to an exemplary Cottonian, Indian and human being, by inviting a distinguished Old Cottonian to render a keynote address on a subject of public relevance to Old & present Cottonians, Principals, Masters & Teachers, officers from the Armed Forces, public spirited citizens and other well-wishers of the School. The underlying tribute is to Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bangalore - Alma Mater to innumerable distinguished and loyal Old Boys.