Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh is an Indian politician who was the Minister of School Education and Literacy & SakalaKarnataka department of primary and secondary education is now department of school education and literacy of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 13 May 2023. He is a two times Member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

from

Tiptur Tiptur is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. It is one of the three sub-divisional headquarters of Tumakuru district in Karnataka. Capital city Bengaluru is 140 km from Tiptur. Tiptur city is known for its coco ...

Early life and education

Nagesh was born in

Tumkur district Tumakuru district is an List of districts of Karnataka, administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the second largest district in Karnataka by land area with an area of 10,598 km2, and fourth largest by Population. It is ...

. He attained Bachelors of Engineering from B.M.S. College of Engineering and was part of the

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is a student organization in India, registered as a Non-governmental organization (NGO) in 1949. It's a significant student union with over 5 million members, making it one of the largest student or ...

(ABVP) during his student days. Parents: B S Chandrashekaraiah & BC Savithramma

Political career

He joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

in 1984. He is closely associated with B. L. Santhosh, the National General Secretary (Organisation) of the BJP. Nagesh won the state assembly elections from

constituency in 2008 and 2018. In 2021, he was inducted into the

Basavaraj Bommai ministry Basavaraj Bommai ministry was the Cabinet of Karnataka headed by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai. Council of Ministers Source: District Wise break up See also * Karnataka Legislative Asse ...

and was made the Minister of Primary & Secondary Education.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagesh, B. C. Living people State cabinet ministers of Karnataka 1959 births Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka