Karn Manhas Explained

Karn Manhas
Birth Place:Orange County, California
Birth Date:1976[1]
Residence:Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Constituency Am:Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Assembly:British Columbia Legislative
Term Start:May 16, 2001
Term End:May 17, 2005
Predecessor:Mike Farnworth
Successor:Mike Farnworth
Occupation:businessman
Known For:Founder and CEO of Terramera

Karn Manhas (born 1976)is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and a former politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until his defeat in 2005, representing the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia.[2]

Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. He formed a tech consulting firm, Karyon Group, which ended in 2008–2009. In 2012, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people.[3] He is frequently called to speak on issues of sustainability, including at TEDx and Singularity University in Vancouver.[4]

Manhas is the founder of Terramera, a Vancouver-based ag/bio technology company that develops plant-based products, including organic biopesticides and biofertilzers.[5] Terramera's proprietary technology known as Actigate has garnered recognition both in BC and abroad and has lifted the company onto the 2019 Global Cleantech 100 list.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manhas, Karn, B.Sc. (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain) . Encyclopedia.com . May 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: Karn Manhas: Coming of age . February 16, 2004 . Ishani . Duttagupta. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222140537/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-02-16/news/27392008_1_family-business-multicultural-real-estate . February 22, 2014 . dead . The Economic Times.
  3. News: Vancouver's Terramera raises US$45m to 'change the paradigm' on agriculture . Business Vancouver. September 5, 2019.
  4. News: Terramera: Developing Plant-Based Products to Naturally Mitigate Crop Losses . disruptor daily. May 7, 2018.
  5. Web site: BCBusiness. Kevin Hinton & Ryan. Mckenzie. BCBusiness.
  6. News: It's a Good Thing: Karn Manhas wants to make farming more green. bc business. May 31, 2019.