Krishna Byre Gowda
| Krishna Byre Gowda | |
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| Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency | Byatarayanapura, Bangalore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1973 Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Meenakshi |
| Residence | Bangalore |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | Official site |
| As of April 1, 2009 Source: [[1]] |
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Krishna Byre Gowda (born 4 April 1973) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Karnataka, India. He represents the Byatarayanapura constituency of Bangalore. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and is the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress.
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[edit] Early life
Krishna Byre Gowda was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, to C. Byre Gowda and Savithramma. He graduated with a master's degree (M.A) from the School of International Service, at American University in Washington, D.C. in 1999. Earlier he completed a bachelor's degree in business management from Christ College, now known as Christ University, in Bangalore in 1994.
[edit] Career
Krishna Byre Gowda worked as a project associate at Development Alternatives Inc., in Washington, D.C..
[edit] Political career
He began his political career in 2003, when his father and Janata Dal leader C. Byre Gowda died. In October that year, he contested and won the by-election to fill his late father's legislative assembly seat from Vemagal, Kolar District, to become one of the youngest members of the Karnataka legislature.[1]
In April 2004, Krishna Byre Gowda left the Janata Dal political party to join the Indian National Congress and won the Vemagal, Karnataka legislative assembly seat.[2]
Krishna Byre Gowda became president of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in November 2007.[3]
In 2008 Byre Gowda chose to compete for the urban Byatarayanapura constituency in Bangalore and won the election with 43 percent of the votes, defeating A. Ravi of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 9,352 votes.[4]
Since then Byre Gowda has focused on addressing problems unique to urban residents like bad roads, traffic congestion, drainage problems and uncleared garbage.[5]
Byre Gowda lost the general election in 2009 for the Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency) in the Indian general election, 2009 to Anant Kumar of BJP.
[edit] Personal life
Krishna Byre Gowda is married to Meenakshi.
[edit] Positions Held
- President, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress, 2007-march 2011
- Member of the Legislative Assembly Byatarayanapura, Bangalore, 2008-Current
- Member of the Legislative Assembly, Vemagal, Kolar District, Karnataka, 2003–2004,2004–2007
- Project Associate, Development Alternatives Inc. Washington, D.C., 2003
- Operated self-owned agricultural farm in Bangalore, 2000–02
- Project Associate, Ethiopian Embassy, Washington,D.C., 1998–99
[edit] References
- ^ Bypoll Winners Rode High on Sympathy Wave: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003100307160400.htm&date=2003/10/03/&prd=th&
- ^ Congress in Consolidation Mode in Kolar: http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/17/stories/2004041701540400.htm
- ^ Krishna Byre Gowda is Youth Congress President: http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/16/stories/2007111664600400.htm
- ^ Karnataka Elections: http://www.karnatakaelections.in/#
- ^ Overwhelming response for Janaspandana: http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec72008/city20081207105227.asp
