Indian mycologist and phytopathologist.
Balchandra Bhavanishankar Mundkur (26 June 1896 — 13 December 1952) was an Indian mycologist and plant pathologist. He worked at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute and later as a professor of botany at the University of Poona. Balchandra Mundkur, the surname being toponymic, was born in the village of Mundkur. After finishing high school in 1915 he joined St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and then went to Presidency College, Madras where he graduated with a BA in botany. He then joined as an agricultural officer in Bengal and from 1922 to 1928 as a mycologist at the cotton research schem