This paper examines the role of Dewan Vishweshwariah in conceiving the University of Mysore as an apex institution of higher education. He dreamt of making Mysore a place of educational & industrial growth. Mysore University was the seventh University to be established in India and the very first in any princely States of India. There were several deliberations towards establishing a university in Mysore because the permission of British Government in Madras has to be sought before going on with the project. With a strict mindset Dewan Vishweshwariah progressed with this project & was successful in making Princely state of Mysore, the first Princely state to own a University. The credit goes directly to Dewan Vishweshwariah for making a scholastic move entailing great perseverance & determination. This paper focuses on Dewan Vishweshwariah & his vision of Mysore university