Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Koppal
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Hanumappa
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Venkatamma
Date of birth : 07 Mar 1948
Profession : Advocate Social Worker
Positions held :
1969 onwards Vice-Convenor, Congress (I) Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Cell, Distt. Kolar, Karnataka1978-83 Vice-President, Taluk Development Board, Sidlaghatta, Distt. Kolar, Karnataka1991 Elected to 10th Lok SabhaMember, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.) (I), Legal Cell, KarnatakaMember, Executive Committee, P.C.C. (I) SC and ST Cell, KarnatakaVice-President, Taluk Congress (I) Committee, Sidlaghatta, Distt. Kolar, KarnatakaMember, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (I), Distt. Kolar, KarnatakaMember, Food and Civil Supplies (Eradication of Adulteration Committee), Distt. Kolar, Karnataka1994 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and EmpowermentSpecial Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2000 Member, Standing Committee on Industry2003-04 Member, Congress Working Committee (Special Invitee)2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)23 May 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)2009 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Railways28 Oct. 2012 Union Minsiter of State (Independent Charge), Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2017 Member, Committee on Estimates1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Railways12 Dec. 2014 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee3 July 2015 Member, Sub Committee-III, Committee on Estimates25 Aug. 2015 Convenor, Sub-Committee of the Committee on Estimates on the subject `Panchayati Raj`
More Information :
Special Interests
Serving the poor
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to Music on Spiritual Themes
Sports and Clubs
Volleyball
Countries Visited
Russia
Other Information
Director, Gramin Bank, Distt. Kolar; President, (i) Arundhathi Education Trust, Bangalore; and (ii) Dr. Ambedkar Consumers’ Co-operative Society Ltd., Melur, Distt. Kolar; Founder, (i) Harijan and Girijan Community Irrigation Well Co-operative Society Ltd., Kambadahalli, Distt. Kolar; and (ii) Harijan and Girijan Dairy Farming Co-operative Society Ltd., Distt. Kolar, 1967; Member, (i) 20-Point Economic Programme, Taluk Sidlaghatta, Distt. Kolar, 1976; (ii) Land Grant Committee, Distt. Kolar; (iii) Relief Committee, Distt. Kolar, 1976; and (iv) Central Silk Board, 1996-97; attended All India Harijan Conference, Andhra Pradesh
