Biography

Father's Name       	Shri Pape Gowda                         

Date of Birth       	24 June 1940

Place of Birth      	Chiratha Halli, Distt. Tumkur (Karnataka)         

Marital Status      	Married on 7 May 1970

Spouse's Name       	Smt. Lakshmi Devi                       

Children            	One son and  one daughter

Educational Qualifications  

               B.A., B.L.

               Educated at Government Law College and Bangalore University,
               Bangalore (Karnataka)

Profession         

               Agriculturist, Lawyer, Political and Social Worker, 
                     
Permanent Address  

	(I)    Chiratha Halli,                         
               Taluk Sira, Distt. Tumkur-572101        
               (Karnataka)                             

               Tel. (08135) 44556                                        

	(II)	No.226, 15th `C' Cross,
		West of Chord Road,
		2nd Stage, 2nd Phase,
		Mahalakshmipuram,
		Bangalore-86

		Tels. (080) 3494330, 3492729, 3496687

Present Address  

		171-172, South Avenue,
		New Delhi-110011

		Tel. (011) 3792407

Positions Held  

1979-82        General-Secretary, District Congress Committee
               (Indira) [D.C.C.(I)], Karnataka

1979-89        Chairman, Legal Cell, Pradesh Congress Committee
               (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Karnataka

1980	       Member, Constitution Amendment Committee,
	       Karnataka Government 

1985-89        Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

1986-89        Member, Committee on Suboridnate Legislation

	       Member, Estimates Committee

	       Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
       
1989           Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1989-91	       Member, Committee on Agriculture

	       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law
	       and Justice

1991           Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-96	       Member, Estimates Committee

	       Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

	       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
	       Urban Development

1998           Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99        Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and
               Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on
	       Department of Food and Civil Supplies
        
               Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the
               Sittings of the House

	       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour

Social and Cultural Activities  

Social service; and planning for development of the youth
and the women

Special Interests  

Agriculture and horticulture; studying literature on
Jawaharlal Nehru; and socio-economic backwardness of the
poor

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading, plantations and cultural programmes

Sports and Clubs  

Basketball and badminton

Countries Visited

Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the 
Hon'ble Speaker, Shri G.M.C. Balayogi, Iraq, 1998

Other Information  

Conducted various legal aid camps tendering free legal aid to the
poor, disabled and ex-servicemen; intoruced a Private Members' Bill
in Parliament seeking 30% reservation for women in Parliament as well
as State Legislatures, 1989-91; Member, (i) Bangalore Telephone Advisory
Committee, 1980; (ii) Senate, Bangalore University, Karnataka, 1985;
(iii) Coconut Board, 1989-91; and (iv) Coffee Board, 1998-99