The study was conducted during 2009 – 2010 in Haveri, Chikballapur and Uttar Kannada districts of Karnataka state to assess the profile characteristics of farmers growing SRI paddy. Totally 120 respondents were interviewed for the study. Majority of the respondents were middle aged having medium land holdings. Almost equal percent of respondents belonged to high and medium income categories. Majority of them hailed from nuclear and big families possessed local cow and bullocks. Majority of them owned herds of medium size and followed direct method of feeding fodder. Extension contact and extension participation of the respondents was found to be medium. Majority of the respondents belonged to low utilization group with respect to news paper and radio and high in television utilization. More than half of the respondents grew paddy alone in Kharif. High percent of them were practicing SRI method in an area of up to 0.51 acre. Majority of the respondents allotted a land holding of up to 2 acres for paddy cultivation. Almost half of the respondents possessed high experience in paddy cultivation and majority of them were cultivating paddy for grains.