Arvind Bellad Explained

Office:	Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term Start:	8 May 2013
Constituency:	Hubli-Dharwad West
Predecessor:	Chandrakant Bellad
Birth Date:	df=y 3 August 1969
Birth Place:	Bellad Bagewadi, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
Children:	Agastya (son) Pracchi (daughter)^[1]
Education:	B.E, PGDM
Alma Mater:	INSEAD SDM College of Engineering
Spouse:	Smriti Bellad
Nationality:	Indian
Father:	Chandrakant Bellad
Mother:	Leelavathi Bellad
Website:	http://arvindbellad.com/

Arvind Chandrakant Bellad (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian politician, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, representing Hubli-Dharwad West constituency since May 2013. Bellad is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2]

Early life and education

Born on 3 August 1969, Bellad is the son of veteran RSS leader and former MLA Chandrakant Bellad and Leelavathi Bellad. He is the youngest among five children, he graduated from KE Boards High School and Karnataka Science College Dharwad completed his engineering from SDM College of Engineering, Dharwad. He pursued his PGDM in business management from INSEAD in France.

He married Smriti Bellad and has two children, Agastya and Pracchi.^[3]

Political career

Arvind Bellad entered politics in 2013. He contested from Hubli-Dharwad West constituency of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won. He represented BJP in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly twice from Dharwad district.

Some important activities of Bellad include:

• Started LKG and UKG in government schools.^[4] He noticed the dip in school attendance of Government schools. After discussing with parents of the children, he started preschool as a pilot project in one school. This experiment was successful which led him to extend this idea to 62 government schools. There was a rise in the student intake due to this.^[5]
• Campaigned for setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Dharwad.^[6] Due to these efforts, an IIT has been set up at Dharwad.^[7]
• Worked for developing and implementing clean energy in rural areas. He conducted the study, prepared a report and started implementing it.^[8]
• Created a mobile phone app to listen to the grievances of the people of his constituency.^[9]

External links

• Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arvind Bellad: Official website . 27 August 2017 . 28 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828020856/http://arvindbellad.com/ . dead .
2. Web site: Sitting and previous MLAs from Hubli Dharwad West Assembly Constituency . elections.in/ . 30 May 2016.
3. Web site: Arvind Bellad: Official website . 27 August 2017 . 28 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828020856/http://arvindbellad.com/ . dead .
4. Web site: Meet Arvind Bellad, An Engineer Turned Politician . Metrosaga . Metrosaga . 26 July 2021.
5. Web site: HDK takes a leaf out of BJP MLA's pre-school concept. Times of India . Times of India . 26 July 2021.
6. Web site: Set up IIT in Dharwad, MLA urges government . The Hindu . 26 July 2021.
7. Web site: IIT to be set up in Dharwad . News Karnataka . News Karnataka . 26 July 2021.
8. Web site: Talking clean development . Climate Parliament . Climate Parliament . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726125049/https://www.climateparl.net/single-post/2016/03/29/talking-clean-development-an-interview-with-arvind-bellad-mla . dead .
9. Web site: ಶಾಸಕರಿಂದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ . One India Kannada . One India . 26 July 2021.