MALLANNA, SHRI K., B.A., B.L. [Congress (1)—Karnataka, Chitradurga, 1980]  s. of Shri Kamanna; b. at Kataveeramahally Village, Tumkur District, April 7, 1926; ed. at First Grade College, Tumkur, Maharaja College, Mysore and Law College, Bangalore; m. Smt. D. Savithramma; 1 s. and 2 d., Agriculturist and Advocate; previously associated with the Communist Party of India; President, Tumkur District Congress Committee, 1969-72; Executive Member, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, 1971-72; Member, (i) Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, and (ii) District Congress Committee, Tumkur; President, Farmers’ Forum, Tumkur District; Member, High Power Body for Bonded Labour, Karnataka; Municipal Councillor, Tumkur for over 15 years; Member (i) Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971-77 and (ii) Sixth Lok Sabha, 1977-79; Member, (i) Committee on Public Undertakings, (ii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum, (iii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, and (iv) Consultative Committee of Karnataka M.Ps.; Member, Joint Select Committee on, (i) Foreign Exchange Bill, and (ii) Plantation Labour Bill.  

Social activities:  Organising the youth, students, kisans and workers and running educational institutions: Organised legal aid to the poor in Tumkur District.  

Special interests:  Politics and Agriculture.  

Publications:  Editor, Socio-Economic Justice (Bangalore). 

Sports and clubs:  Volleyball and  Basketball.  

Travels abroad:  U.S.S.R., Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.   

Permanent address:  Vinoba Nagar, Tumkur, Kamataka.