Vishweshwar Bhat is a journalist in Karnataka, India and an author of 83 books in Kannada language. He was the editor of Vijaya Karnataka and Kannada Prabha newspapers and the television channel Suvarna News. He started a media house in Karnataka by name Vishwakshara Media Pvt. Ltd. as Managing Director with Sri KP Nanjundi. He is the Editor in Chief of the Kannada daily Vishwavani which was relaunched on 15 January 2016 all over Karnataka, prior to which it was being published and circulated only in Hubballi, headed by renowned Kannada writer Patil Puttappa. Vishweshwar Bhat is a recipient of Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Awards to felicitate achievers in their respective fields. He was also the recipient of Rajyotsava Awards conferred by Government of Karnataka for his achievements as a journalist in the year 2005.