Gowda Puttaswamy Biography

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Gowda,Shri Puttaswamy
Constituency   : Hassan (Karnataka )
Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC)
Email Address : [email protected]
Father’s Name Late Shri Patel Gidde Gowda
Mother’s Name Late Smt. Sannamma
Date of Birth 20.12.1935
Place of Birth Keragodu, Distt. Hassan (Karnataka)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 03 May 1962
Spouse’s Name Late Smt. P. Shantamma
No. of Sons 1
No.of Daughters 1
Educational Qualifications Matriculate, Rashtra Bhasha Visharad

Educated at Bettadapura, Mysore Distt. and Holenarsipura,
Hassan Distt. (Karnataka)

Profession Agriculturist

Horticulturist, Industrialist

Permanent Address
Door No. 444, 8th Cross, 5th Main RMV,
2nd State (Doller Colony), Bangalore-94
3416803
Present Address
No. 107, South Avenuve,
New Delhi – 110011
(011) 23792859
Position Held
1978-84 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council
1978-80 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1980 Chairman, Estimates Committee
1980-82 Member, House Committee

1982-84 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
1989-94 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
1989-93 Cabinet Minister in the State Government (P.W.D., Irrigation, Agriculture,
Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Horticulture)

1989-93 Cabinet Minister, Karnataka

1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture
Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

Member, Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and
Farmers’ Rights Bill, 1999
2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

Social And Cultural Activities
Actively involved in Co-operative movement, rural development programmes like lift
irrigation and canal irrigation

Special Interests
Reading, social welfare activities especially ensuring social amity in the farming community,
spreading usage of the national language Hindi

Sports and Clubs
Football and volleyball, Member, Golf Club, Bangalore

Countries Visited
Sri Lanka

Other Information
Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, Holenarsipura Taluk, 1969-1972; President, (i) Harijan Girijan
Housing Co-operative Societies, Holenarsipura; (ii) President and Member, Taluk Board,
Holenarsipura for 3 years; Holenarsipura Taluk Poultry Farmers Co-operative Society,
Hassan District; Director, (i) Hassan DCC Bank, (ii) K.S.M.C.F., Bangalore, (iii) Mangalore
Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd., Mangalore


Reference: Loksabha

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