L. Hanumanthaiah | |
Office: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Council |
Predecessor: | Basavaraj Patil Sedam, BJP |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1958 |
Birth Place: | Rameshwara |
Profession: | Writer, agriculturist |
Term1: | 2001 - 2007 |
Term2: | 2018-2024 |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Spouse: | Shrimati Vijayambaike H. |
Alma Mater: | Bangalore University and Mysore University |
Education: | B.Sc., M.A., PhD. |
Children: | One son and one daughter |
Parents: | Lankappa (father) Shrimati Channamma (mother) |
Office3: | Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture |
Term3: | June 2018 - May 2019 |
Office4: | Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Term4: | June 2018 - May 2019 andOct. 2019 onwards |
Office5: | Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare |
Term5: | September 2019 onwards |
Office6: | Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research |
Term6: | March 2020 onwards |
Office7: | Member, Committee on Petitions |
Term7: | July 2020 onwards |
Office8: | Member, General Purposes Committee |
Term8: | August 2020 onwards |
Office9: | Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |
Term9: | September 2020 - April 2021 |
Website: | https://www.drlhanumanthaiah.info/ |
Awards: | 1. Visweswaraiah Puraskar (1988) 2. Saranga Mutt Prize for Poetry (1995) 3. Sahithya Parishat Endowment Prize for Poetry (1995) 4. Ambedkar Award from Attimabbe Trust for social and literary (1999) 5. Naadachetana Award (2000) 6. Katharangam Award (2001) 7. Sahitya Parishat Endowment Prize for Poetry (2001) 8. Ambedkar Award of Govt. of Karnataka (2001) 9. Sahithya Academy Award for best book of the year (2008) 10. Sahithya Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature (2015) 11. Kuvempu Award for Literature and Social Work (2015) |
Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet, politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Lankappa Hanumanthaiah was born to Lankappa and Shrimati Channamma on 10 June 1958.[8]
Hanumanthaiah studied at Government Science College, Bangalore, Post Graduate Studies in Kannada Literature at Bangalore University and Ph.D. from Mysore University.
1995 - 1996 | Member, Kannada Development Authority, Government of Karnataka | |
1996 - 1998 | Member, State Executive Committee, Kannada Sahitya Parishat | |
1998 | Jury Member, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award | |
1998 | Member, Kannada Book Authority | |
1999 - 2000 | Member, Ambedkar Annual Award Committee, Government of Karnataka | |
2000 | Member, Script Approval Committee, Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore | |
2001 - 2007 | Member, Karnataka Legislative Council | |
2002 - 2005 | Member, Academic Council, Bangalore University | |
2003 - 2007 | Member, Kannada Advisory Board, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi | |
2004 | Member, Kannada Advisory Board, National Book Trust, New Delhi | |
2015 - 2017 | Chairman, Kannada Development Authority | |
June 2018 - May 2019 | Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture | |
June 2018 - May 2019 andOct. 2019 onwards | Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
Sept. 2019 onwards | Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare | |
March 2020 onwards | Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research | |
July 2020 | Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha | |
July 2020 onwards | Member, Committee on Petitions | |
Aug. 2020 onwards | Member, General Purposes Committee | |
Sept. 2020 - April 2021 | Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |