RAMAKRISHNA, SHRI Y., B.A., B.L., [Congress (I)—Karnataka, Kolar (SC), 1989]:  s. of Late Yellappa; b. at Bangalore, Karnataka, July 1, 1927; ed. at Maharaja’s College, Mysore, Bangalore University; m. Puttalak shmamma, May 22, 1949, 4 s. and 2 d.; Lawyer, Agriculturist, Social Worker; participated in freedom struggle; 

Public Offices held:  Deputy Minister, Karnataka, 1967-68, Cabinet Minister, Karnataka, 1968—71, 1980—83;

Previous Association with Political Parties:  Member, All India Congress Committee (I) till 1971, Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (I) Karnataka, 1990; Executive Committee Member, Congress Parliamentary Party; Convenor, Karnataka State Congress (I) MPs;

Previous Membership:  Legislative Assembly, Karnataka for five terms from 1957 to 1985;

Committee Experience:  Member, Public Accounts Committee and Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, 1982—85; Member, Estimates Committee, May 1, 1990 and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel & Mines, 1990;

Favourite Pastime and Recreation:  Social service; 

Publications:  Nakanda Ananda (Kannada);

Delegation to Foreign Countries:  Delegate to 21st International Red Cross Conference at Ishtanbul, International Law Association Conference at Belgrade, 18th International Bar Association Conference at Berlin, 1980, and International Law Association Conference at Montreal, August 1982;

Travels Abroad:  Canada, East Germany, Ishtanbul, Yugoslavia; 

Sports and Clubs: Golf;

Social Activities:  President, Indian Red Cross Society, Karnataka; President, Karnataka State TB Association; President, Bapuji Vidyarthi Nilay; President, Karnataka State Depressed Classes League;

Other Information:  President, Karnataka State Legal Aid Board; Member, ICAR; Director, Bharat Earth Movers and Rail Coach Division, Bangalore; Member, All India Institute of Mental Health and All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore, 1968—71; Vice-President, Society for Secularism at National Level;

Permanent Address:  No. 163, Rajamahal Villas Extention, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560080.