Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Uttara Kannada
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Dattatraya Hegde
Mother's Name : Smt. Lalita Hegde
Date of birth : 20 May 1968
Profession : Agriculturist Horticulturist,Businessperson,Social Worker
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Judicial ReformsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests2000-03 Member, Consultative Committe, Ministry of DefenceMember, Committee on Hindi Raj Bhasha2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Privileges5 Aug. 2006 Member, Standing Committee on Commerce2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMay 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)1 Sep. 2014 - 3 Sept. 2017 Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change25 Mar. 2015 - 3 Sept. 2017 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development3 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate ChangeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Artist
Social And Cultural Activities
Founder President of Kadamba, a national level NGO working in the field of rural development, rural health, formation of self-help groups, rural marketing and other rural welfare programmes, social services etc.
Special Interests
Reading and studying of books
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening Indian classical music
Sports and Clubs
Tae-kwon-do (Korean Martial Arts)
Countries Visited
Armenia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, U.A.E. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Member, Spices Board, 1996-97, 2000-03, 2004 and 2009 - 2014
