Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Chikmagalur
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri D.M. Chikkabasappa
Mother's Name : Smt. Puttamma
Date of birth : 06 Mar 1929
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Trader, Industrialist
Positions held :
President, B.J.P., Chikmaglur, Karnataka for ten years1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on AgricultureMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology and other Science Departments1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, Committee on Urban & Rural Development2002-2003 Member, House Committee, Lok Sabha2004 Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha ( 3rd term)Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the HouseMember, Committee on Rural Development5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development
More Information :
Books Published
Krishi
Special Interests
Agricultural development, especially horticulture, cultivation of orchards plantation crops; vermiculture, bio-fertilizer, microbial fertilizer; soil conservation; dry land development; and seepage and root irrigation system and agro-based industries
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social work
Sports and Clubs
Volleyball and badminton
Countries Visited
Nepal
Other Information
Participated in the Freedom Struggle; and actively involved in the political arena for more than 30 years ; Member, (i) Coir Board, 1998-99 and 2004 onwards; (ii ) Coffee Board, 2000-2004 ; (iii) ZRUCC, Southern Railway, 2000-2004 and (iv) India-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group, 2000-2004
