Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Hassan
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Patel Gidde Gowda
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Sannamma
Date of birth : 20 Dec 1935
Profession : Agriculturist Horticulturist, Industrialist
Positions held :
1978-84 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council1978-80 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1980 Chairman, Estimates Committee1980-82 Member, House Committee1982-84 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances1989-94 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1989-93 Cabinet Minister in the State Government (P.W.D., Irrigation, Agriculture, Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Horticulture)1989-93 Cabinet Minister, Karnataka1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitMember, Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill, 19992000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Actively involved in Co-operative movement, rural development programmes like lift irrigation and canal irrigation
Special Interests
Reading, social welfare activities especially ensuring social amity in the farming community, spreading usage of the national language Hindi
Sports and Clubs
Football and volleyball, Member, Golf Club, Bangalore
Countries Visited
Sri Lanka
Other Information
Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, Holenarsipura Taluk, 1969-1972; President, (i) Harijan Girijan Housing Co-operative Societies, Holenarsipura; (ii) President and Member, Taluk Board, Holenarsipura for 3 years; Holenarsipura Taluk Poultry Farmers Co-operative Society, Hassan District; Director, (i) Hassan DCC Bank, (ii) K.S.M.C.F., Bangalore, (iii) Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd., Mangalore
