Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Chitradurga
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri. Venkatappa
Mother's Name : Smt. Chinnadevi
Date of birth : 04 Jun 1968
Profession : Engineer Technologist, Computer Scientist, Agriculturist
Positions held :
2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Commitee, Ministry of Agriculture,Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution26 Nov. 2009 Member, Council of Indian Institutes of Technologies (IIT)Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Lok Sabha
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
(i) Editor-in-Chief for a California`s Annual literary magazine; (ii)Designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications; (iii)Published engineering articles in IEEE, IETE, CDC publications; (iv) issued and pending US patents in engineering and technology areas
Social And Cultural Activities
(i) Vice President, California`s Kannada community organization;(ii) Won first prize in national and state level inter-collegiate cartoon competitions;and (iii) Published cartoons in state, national and international publications and newspapers
Special Interests
(i) Electronics product design and development to solve common man`s problems (ii) Mechanisation of Indian Agriculture to improve productivity (iii) Reformation of education system
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Movies, reading, travel & cartooning
Countries Visited
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan & USA
