Janardhana Swamy

Janardhana Swamy served as a Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) representing the Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency in the Parliament of India.

Janardhana Swamy
Shri Janardhana Swamy
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Chitradurga
In office
17 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byN. Y. Hanumanthappa
Succeeded byB N Chandrappa
Majority135084
Personal details
Born (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968
Chitradurga, Karnataka
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceChitradurga
Alma materU.B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
ProfessionElectrical and communication engineer
Websitejswamy.com

Early life and education

Janardhana Swamy is the only son for his father Venkatappa and mother Chinnadevi. His father Venkatappa was a primary school teacher in Karnataka, India. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Instrumentation Technology) from U.B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere, under University of Mysore[1] and a Master's degree in Engineering (Electrical Communication) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.[2]

Career

Swamy worked in various engineering and management positions at Cisco, Dell, Sasken, Cadence Design Systems, and Sun Microsystems.[3] His research articles appeared in IEEE, IETE, and other publications, and he obtained a United States Patent US 6,686,759 for "Testing embedded cores in multi-core integrated circuit designs" on Feb. 3, 2004.[4][5]

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).[6]

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.[7][8][9] He also played significant roles in setting up the DRDO, BARC, ISRO, and IISc's new campus at Challakere.[10]

He lost the Lok Sabha election from Chitragurga in 2014.[11]

Literary works

He designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications.[12] While he was in United States, he worked as the Chief Editor & Vice-President of California's Kannada community organisation KKNC.[13] His cartoons appeared in state, national and international publications and newspapers in India.[14][15][16][17]

Other Roles

In 15th Lok Sabha:

He is presently holding the following positions:

References
  1. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2009/apr/04/a-techie-a-professor-entrepreneur-to-try-politics-38316.html, INDIAN EXPRESS - From Silicon Valley to dust bowl
  2. https://iisc.ac.in/challakere-campus/, Indian Institute of Science
  3. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/advani-wants-to-make-india-itliterate/444561/, INDIAN EXPRESS - Advani wants to make India IT-literate
  4. "US6686759.pdf" (PDF). docs.google.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. https://www.uspto.gov, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  6. https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/2008/11/16/janardhana-swamy-appointed-as-it-cell-convener.html, oneindia - Janardhana Swamy appointed as IT Cell Convener
  7. Chitradurga-Bangalore railway link project gets the nod, The Hindu
  8. Meeting with the Railway Minister Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, OneIndia
  9. Davangere-Tumkur rail link The Hindu
  10. "Indian Institute of Science - Challakere Campus". Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  11. Kadkol, Pradeepkumar (28 May 2014). "LS polls: how BJP lost out in Chitradurga constituency". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  12. https://kannada.oneindia.com/nri/wkc/2006/070806coverpage.html, oneindia - Kannada
  13. https://beta.kknc.org/?goto=about_2005_committee, Kannada Koota of Northern California - 2005 Committee
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2009/dec/27/mp-displays-cartooning-skills-116536.html, INDIAN EXPRESS - MP displays cartooning skills
  16. https://kannada.oneindia.com/nri/article/2003/190203cartoon.html, Some feedback received about Janardhana Swamy's cartoons
  17. https://kannadaranga.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html, Kannada Ranga
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