Vishwanath, Shri Adagooru Huchegowda Constituency   : Mysore (Karnataka) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC) Email Address : (i) mphvishwanath[AT]rediffmail[DOT]com (ii) hallihakki[DOT]ahv[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Shri Huche Gowda Mother’s Name Smt. Ramamma Date of Birth 15 Dec 1949 Place of Birth K. R. Nagara, Distt. Mysore (Karnataka) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 20 Apr 1974 Spouse’s Name Smt. Shantamma No. of Sons 3 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at Mysore University and Sharada Vilasa Law College, Mysore, Karnataka Profession Advocate Agriculturist Permanent Address Govt. House Premises, Near Rural Bus Stand, Nazarbad, Mysore City – 10 Karnataka Tel. (0821) 2445656, 09901172999 (M) Fax. (0821) 2442266 Present Address 128-130, South Avenue, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels. (011) 23795342, 9013180146 (M) Positions Held

1978-83,1989-94 & 1999-04 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly(three terms)

1993-1994 State Minister, Govt. of Karnataka

1999-2004 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Karnataka

2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Urban Development

Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Convenor, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka

Books Published (i)Halli Hakki Hadu (Melodies of a village warbler 2008)an autobiography;and (ii)Matasante (The vote Bazaar 2009), a political thriller which narrates the business behind elections Social And Cultural Activities Initiated Lake Development Authority – to protect the lakes of Bangalore from land grabbers, conserving drinking water; launched many programmes (i) Democratization of school education; (ii) Samudayadatta Shale (school Adoption Programme); (iii) Chaitanya (Refresher programme for the teachers); (iv) Akshara Dasoha (mid day meal programme); (v) Mahithi Sindhu (Computer literacy programme for high school students); (vi)Shikshana Samvada (an interaction programme on air); (vii) Chinnara Angala (a Bridge programme to identify and stimulate the school dropouts and helping them to come back to schools); (viii)Group insurance programme for children; (ix)Declared child as the property of the state; (x)School development and monitoring committee elected by the parents and local people representatives of the neighbourhood; and (xi) free education to all girl students from first to tenth standard in all respect; launched many programmes to rebuild coopertives sector, major programme “Yashaswini” a health insurance scheme which enabled our farmers to get world class health care Special Interests Educate people; and enthuse and involve the community to participate in the effective implementation of populist programmes of the Government Sports and Clubs Organised sports meets across Karnataka to identify sports talent, who belongs to rural Karnataka, who were oppressed and were deprived of opportunities; started a special sports school for the tribal students and encourage them to exhibit their talent in the mainstream; organised third National Sports Festival in Karnataka with the assistance of Union Government and developed many stadiums and encouraged the local talent to compete at National level. Countries Visited European Countries

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