S. A. Ramadas

S. Ashwath Narayan Rao[2] Ramadas is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

S. A. Ramadas
Minister of State for Medical Education of Karnataka
In office
23 September 2010 – 13 May 2013
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2018–2023
Preceded byM. K. Somashekhar
Succeeded byT. S. Srivatsa
ConstituencyKrishnaraja
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byM. K. Somashekhar
Succeeded byM. K. Somashekhar
ConstituencyKrishnaraja
In office
1994–2004
Preceded byK. M. Somasundaram
Succeeded byM. K. Somashekhar
ConstituencyKrishnaraja
Personal details
Born (1959-11-04) 4 November 1959
Mysore
NationalityIndian
Political partyBJP
Residence(s)No. 1063/77, A 1st Main Road, 6th Cross, Vidhyaranyapura, Mysore – 570008.[1]
OccupationPolitician, Social worker

He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) from Krishnaraja constituency in Mysore, Karnataka.[3] In the 2008 Karnataka assembly elections, he contested against Congress leader M. K. Somashekar, a former MLA and won by a margin of about 20000 votes. He is considered one of the main Hindu leaders of Mysore. He has been elected from this constituency on two earlier occasions in 1994 and 1999 but lost to M. K. Somashekar in 2004.[4]

Following the historic victory of the BJP in Karnataka in May 2008, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa.[5] In 2010, he was appointed a Cabinet minister in the Yeddyurappa government and entrusted with the Medical Education portfolio. He continued in the same post in the D.V. Sadananda Gowda government. He was also the district in-charge minister for Mysore district in the 2008 - 2013 assembly. In 2013, he contested from Krishnaraja constituency and was defeated by M. K. Somashekar of INC.

Ramdas heads a voluntary organisation called Aasare Foundation which is into social service in Mysore.[6]

References
  1. "MLA's of Karnataka". Karnataka government. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "S a Ramadas(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KRISHNARAJA(MYSORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  3. "Members of Legislative Assembly". sarkari.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  4. "Mysore BJP delegation to meet leadership on ministerial berth". The Hindu. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. "MYSORE MUSINGS". The Hindu. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  6. "Prison inmates shine on stage". mysoretrendz.com. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
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