A new building is being constructed to replace the existing building of the Parishat at a cost of Rupees five crores. Kannada Sahitya Parishat branches at the district and taluk levels were also created. Over the period of time a women's wing, a publishing house, a Kannada journal and literature exams were also added to the repertoire of the Parishat. Under the guidance of B M Srikantaiah, the logo of the Parishat containing the map of the Mysore province with the phrase Sirigannadam gelge, Kannada Sahitya Parishat written inside it was created. In 1938, the name of Karnataka Sahitya Parishat was changed to Kannada Sahitya Parishat. B M Srikantaiah was the Vice President of the Parishat from 1938 till 1942. The construction of this building was completed on. The foundation ceremony of a separate building to house the Parishat was organised on 12 April 1937 under the Presidency of Karpura Srinivas Rao. In 1935, an annual event under the aegis of the Parishat called as Kannada Sahitya Sammelana commenced. Nanjundaiah remained as President of the Parishat for the first five years of its creation. Apart from the Mysore province, the Karnataka Sahitya Parishat was simultaneously started in the Madras, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kodagu provinces. Nanjundaiah was unanimously elected to be the President of the Parishat. The conference agreed to create the Karnataka Sahitya Parishat with a mandate to conserve and promote Kannada language and literature. The conference was held on the grounds of the Government High School and was attended by littГ©rateurs, newspaper editors and other dignitaries from different regions. The sub-committee received good responses from the public and it decided to organise a conference in Bangalore on to act upon these suggestions.

To produce appropriate Kannada translations for words used in other languages, especially the scientific words.

To improve the general knowledge among the Kannada speaking population by publishing appropriate books.To ensure that students learning Kannada language use a common text book.

To develop suggestions for a common written Kannada which had diversified across different regions.To develop ideas to promote unity and co-operation among Kannada speakers spread across different regions.A sub-committee formed under the study circle came up with five different topics on which suggestions were invited:

In this direction, he started the Mysore Economic Conference and created a study circle under H. Mokshagundam Vishweshwaraiah, who was the Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom felt the need to conserve and promote the Kannada language and literature. This led to a gap in communication across the people in these provinces though they spoke the same language of Kannada. Coming under the influence of different languages in those provinces, the pronunciation and grammar of Kannada language started to differ across provinces. During the British rule of India, Kannada speakers were spread across different provinces.

Kannada books in sahitya sammelana