Krishna Byre Gowda
Krishna Byre Gowda (born 4 April 1973) is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Rural Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs in the cabinet of H D *araswamy, and Member of Legislative *embly of the Byatarayanapura Cons*uency, in office since June 2008. Born in Bangalore, Krishna is a graduate from the American University in Washington and Christ College in Bangalore. He was a project *ociate at the Ethiopian Emb*y in Washington before earning his M.A. degree. He then worked as an agriculturalist at his family-owned farm in Kolar district between 2000 and 2002. In 2003, he again worked as a project *ociate at Development Alternatives, Inc. He has served three times as an M.L.A. of Karnataka state, twice from Vemgal in Kolar district from 2003 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2013 from the Byatarayanapura Cons*uency in Bengaluru.
Krishna has served as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress between 2007 and 2011, and currently holds the office of General Secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, since 2012.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Political career
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Positions held
- 6 References
Early life
Krishna Byre Gowda was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, to C. Byre Gowda and Savithramma. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Christ College, now known as Christ University, in Bangalore in 1994. He then graduated with a master's degree (M.A.) from the School of International Service, at American University in Washington, D.C. in 1999.
Career
Krishna Byre Gowda worked as a project *ociate at Development Alternatives Inc., in Washington, D.C.
DAI's mission is to make a difference in the world by helping societies and economies become more prosperous, fairer and more just, safer, more stable, more efficient, and better governed.
As a project *ociate at DAI, Krishna worked on several projects to do with development issues and ways to solve them.
Political career
He began his political career in 2003, when his father and All India Progressive Janata Dal leader C. Byre Gowda died. Mr. C. Byre Gowda was a senior legislator and cabinet minister of Karnataka state, having served as an M.L.A. for five consequent terms. He was agriculture minister from 1996 to 1999 in the cabinet of chief minister J.H. Patel. In October 2003, Krishna contested and won the by-election to fill his late father's legislative *embly seat from Vemgal, Kolar District, to become one of the youngest members of the Karnataka legislature.
In April 2004, Krishna Byre Gowda left the All India Progressive Janata Dal political party to join the Indian National Congress and won the Vemgal, Karnataka legislative *embly seat.
Krishna Byre Gowda became president of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in November 2007.
In 2008 Krishna Byre Gowda chose to compete for the urban Byatarayanapura cons*uency in Bangalore and won the election with 43 percent of the votes, defeating A. Ravi of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 9,352 votes.
Since then Krishna has focused on addressing problems unique to urban residents like bad roads, traffic congestion, drainage problems and uncleared garbage.
Krishna lost the general election in 2009 for the Bangalore South (Lok Sabha cons*uency) in the 2009 Indian general election to Ananth *ar of BJP.
Krishna Byre Gowda was elected as a minister in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Cabinet on 18 May 2013, at a very young age of 40. He was again made minister in H. D. *araswamy cabinet.
Personal life
Krishna Byre Gowda is married to Meenakshi.
Positions held
- Cabinet Minister for Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka, May 2018 - 2019
- Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka, May 2013 - 2018
- President, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress, 2007-March 2011
- Member of the Legislative *embly Byatarayanapura, Bangalore, 2008-Current
- Member of the Legislative *embly, Vemgal, Kolar District, Karnataka, 2003–2004, 2004–2007
- Project *ociate, Development Alternatives Inc. Washington, D.C., 2003
- Operated self-owned agricultural farm in Bangalore, 2000–02
- Project *ociate, Ethiopian Emb*y, Washington, D.C., 1998–99