Shri Vijay Sankeshwar

Sankeshwar, Shri Vijay Constituency   : Dharwad North (Karnataka) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Father’s Name Shri Basavanneppa Mother’s Name Smt. Chandrawwa Date of Birth 02 Aug 1950 Place of Birth Distt. Gadag (Karnataka) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 14 Dec 1972 Spouse’s Name Smt. Lalitha No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications B. Com. Educated at Adarsh Shikshan Samiti, College of Commerce, Gadag Karnataka University, Dharwad (Karnataka) Profession Publisher Trader Permanent Address 2742/2, Shide Building, Bhavani Nagar, Hubli, Karnataka- 580023 (0836) 351195, 25064, FAX: (0836) 256612 Present Address 46, South Avenue, New Delhi – 110011 (011) 23792935 Positions Held

1989 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1991 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

Special Interests Railway, Tourism and Transport Industry Other Information Started career as printer and publisher at the age of 16; owns a leading Kannada daily ‘Vijay Karnataka’, ‘Nootana’ (Kannada weekly) and ‘Bhavana’ (Kannada monthly); set up own transport company—‘Vijayanand Roadlines Ltd.’—a leading transport organisation at national level, having more than 1000 lorries, 150 Hi-tech luxury buses, 4,000 employees & have achieved turnover of Rs. 67.65 crores in two decades, with a network of 450 branches throughout the States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi at present; and Member, Tobacco Board; conferred with the prestigious ‘Udyog Ratna’ award by the ‘Institute of Economic Studies’, New Delhi, 1994 and chosen by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England for inclusion in the ‘Dictionary of International Biography’; Member, Managing Committee, (i) All India Motor Transport Congress; and (ii) Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Invitee, State Executive Committee, B.J.P., Karnataka

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