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Janardhana Swamy
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Janardhana Swamy | |
|---|---|
 Shri Janardhana Swamy | |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Chitradurga | |
| In office 17 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | N. Y. Hanumanthappa |
| Succeeded by | B N Chandrappa |
| Majority | 135084 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1968 Chitradurga, Karnataka |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Chitradurga |
| Alma mater | U.B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| Profession | Electrical and communication engineer |
| Website | jswamy.com |
Janardhana Swamy was a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, India.
He served as a Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha on (2009-2014) representing the Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency in the Parliament of India.
Early life and education[edit]
Janardhana Swamy is the only son for his father Venkatappa and mother Chinnadevi. His father Venkatappa was a primary school teacher in Karnataka, India. Janardhana Swamy studied in the Kannada medium until his 10th class.[citation needed]
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Instrumentation Technology) from U.B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere, under University of Mysore[citation needed] and a Master's degree in Engineering (Electrical Communication) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Swamy worked in various engineering and management positions at Cisco, Dell, Sasken, Cadence Design Systems, and Sun Microsystems.[citation needed] His research articles appeared in IEEE, IETE, and other publications, and he obtained a US patent for testing embedded cores in multi-core integrated circuit designs].[1][better source needed]
He also worked as a full-time party worker of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the first president of BJP IT Cell (Karnataka Division).[citation needed]
He contested and won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Chitradurga, Karnataka. As a Member of Parliament Swamy, along with Davangere MP GM Siddeshwara and Tumkur MP GS Basavaraju, were instrumental in sanctioning the direct Railway connection between Chitradurga and the state's capital Bangalore.[2][3][4]
He lost the Lok Sabha election from Chitragurga in 2014.[5]
Literary works[edit]
He designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications.[citation needed] While he was in United States, he worked as the Chief Editor & Vice-President of California's Kannada community organisation KKNC.[citation needed]
His cartoons appeared in state, national and international publications and newspapers in India.[6][7] He is also a member Indian Institute of Cartoonists.[8]
Other Roles[edit]
In 15th Lok Sabha:
- Member of Committee on External Affairs
- Member of Council of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), which is headed by the President of India
- Member of Committee on Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
- Member of Technology Committee at Lok Sabha
He is presently holding the following positions:
- Member of Karnataka State Innovation Council
- Member of Indian Institute of Cartoonists
References[edit]
- ↑ "US6686759.pdf" (PDF). docs.google.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Chitradurga-Bangalore railway link project gets the nod, The Hindu
- ↑ Meeting with the Railway Minister Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, OneIndia
- ↑ Davangere-Tumkur rail link The Hindu
- ↑ Kadkol, Pradeepkumar (28 May 2014). "LS polls: how BJP lost out in Chitradurga constituency". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://expressbuzz.com/Cities/Bangalore/mp-displays-cartooning-skills/134145.html[permanent dead link] MP displays cartooning skills
- ↑ http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/contacts1.htm, Indian Institute of Cartoonists
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- 1968 births
- Kannada people
- Living people
- Indian Hindus
- People from Chitradurga
- 15th Lok Sabha members
- Artists from Karnataka
- Indian cartoonists
- Lok Sabha members from Karnataka
- National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
- Indian Institute of Science alumni