Hegde, Shri Anantkumar Constituency   : Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : anantkh[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in mpcanara[AT]gmail[DOT]com anantkumarhegde[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Shri Dattatraya Hegde Mother’s Name Smt. Lalita Hegde Date of Birth 20 May 1968 Place of Birth Sirsi, Distt. Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 29 Nov 1998 Spouse’s Name Smt. Shrirupa Hedge No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.A. Profession Agriculturist Horticulturist,Businessperson,Social Worker Permanent Address No. 17, KHB Colony, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada – 581401, Karnataka Tel : (08384) 234337, 08762180337 (M) Fax : (08384) 235248 Present Address 13, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels : (011) 23387029, 23387030, 08762180337 (M) Telefax : (011) 23782001 Positions Held

1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Judicial Reforms

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests

2000-03 Member, Consultative Committe, Ministry of Defence

Member, Committee on Hindi Raj Bhasha

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

Member, Committee on Privileges

5 Aug. 2006 Member, Standing Committee on Commerce

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)

6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture

1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)

1 Sep. 2014 – 3 Sept. 2017 Member, Committee on Privileges

Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

25 Mar. 2015 – 3 Sept. 2017 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

3 Sept. 2017 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Artist Social And Cultural Activities Founder President of Kadamba, a national level NGO working in the field of rural development, rural health, formation of self-help groups, rural marketing and other rural welfare programmes, social services etc. Special Interests Reading and studying of books Favourite Pastime and Recreation Listening Indian classical music Sports and Clubs Tae-kwon-do (Korean Martial Arts) Countries Visited Armenia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, U.A.E. and U.S.A. Other Information Member, Spices Board, 1996-97, 2000-03, 2004 and 2009 – 2014

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