L. Hanumanthaiah Explained

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]

Early life and background

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.

Books published

Poetry

  1. Kappu Kannina Hudugi (Black-eyed Girl), 1990
  2. Avva (Mother), 1995
  3. Avvana Kavithe (Mother's Poem), (the poems have been translated and published in Bengali, Gujarati, English, Malayalam and Tamil languages),
  4. Akshara Aksharave (Oh' Letters! My Letters!), 2001
  5. Karna Raaga (Karna's Agony), 2008
  6. Harigolu (Hudder), 2012
  7. ಕಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾಲಿನ ಕಡಲು : Kalli Halina Kadalu - Published on 17 August 2020[9]
  8. ಒಂಟಿ ಕಾಲಿನ ನಡಿಗೆ : Onti Kalina Nadige - Published on 3 September 2020[10]
  9. Dalitha Lokada Olage (In the world of Dalits), 1989
  10. Ambedkar Mattu Samakaaleenathe (Ambedkar and Contemporary Times), 1993
  11. Kanakadasa (biography on saint poet of medieval Karnataka), 1995

Research thesis

  1. Katha Kathana (thesis on stories), 1999
  2. Ambedkar (a play), (the play has been staged at Bangalore, Bellary, Tumkur, Chitradurga and other parts of Karnataka), 1998; Autobiography - Ontikalina Nadige (walk in one leg)

Edited works

  1. Ambedkar Kavithegalu (An Anthology of Poems on Dr Ambedkar) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy
  2. Dalitha Kathegalu (An Anthology of Dalit Short Stories) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy
  3. Kelavargada Vachanakaararu (Saint poets from the lower strata of the society of 12th century Karnataka)
  4. Rangabhumi Antharanga: C.G.K. (a commemorative volume on a well-known theatre Director Sri C.G. Krishna Swamy) and (v) Suvarna Sanchaya (An Anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry from the beginning of the 20th century) for Kannada Sahitya Parishad; Chairman, Committee for publishing Babu Jagjivan Ram’s works in Kannada

Position held

!Year!Description
1995 - 1996Member, Kannada Development Authority, Government of Karnataka
1996 - 1998Member, State Executive Committee, Kannada Sahitya Parishat
1998Jury Member, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
1998Member, Kannada Book Authority
1999 - 2000Member, Ambedkar Annual Award Committee, Government of Karnataka
2000Member, Script Approval Committee, Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore
2001 - 2007Member, Karnataka Legislative  Council
2002 - 2005Member, Academic Council, Bangalore University
2003 - 2007Member, Kannada Advisory Board, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
2004 Member, Kannada Advisory Board, National Book Trust, New Delhi
2015 - 2017Chairman, Kannada Development Authority
June 2018 - May 2019Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and  Culture
June 2018 - May 2019 andOct. 2019 onwardsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Sept. 2019 onwardsMember, Committee on Health and Family Welfare
March 2020 onwardsMember, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research
July 2020Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
July 2020 onwardsMember, Committee on Petitions
Aug. 2020 onwardsMember, General Purposes Committee
Sept. 2020 - April 2021Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/rsmembers.htm . 9 December 2022 . www.kla.kar.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Karnataka Rajya Sabha Elections 2018 Results: Congress wins 3, BJP gets 1. 23 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Dr. L. Hanumanthaiah National Portal of India. 2 November 2021. www.india.gov.in.
  4. Web site: 25 July 2020. Karnataka MP L Hanumanthaiah in Rajya Sabha panel of Vice-Chairmen. 2 November 2021. Deccan Herald. en.
  5. Web site: 5 April 2021. 'Dr. Jagjivan Ram was a frontline Dalit leader in freedom movement'. 2 November 2021. Star of Mysore. en-US.
  6. Web site: Hanumanthaiah L. 2 November 2021. www.kla.kar.nic.in.
  7. Book: Akademi, Sahitya. General Information as on .... 2008. The Akademi. en.
  8. Web site: Error Page. 2 November 2021. rajyasabha.nic.in.
  9. Book: Hanumanthaiah, ಡಾ ಎಲ್ ಹನುಮಂತಯ್ಯ, Dr L.. ಕಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾಲಿನ ಕಡಲು Kalli Halina Kadalu: Kannada Poetry. 17 August 2020. Chaarumathi prakashana. en.
  10. Book: Hanumanthaiah, ಡಾ ಎಲ್ ಹನುಮಂತಯ್ಯ : Dr L.. ಒಂಟಿ ಕಾಲಿನ ನಡಿಗೆ : Onti Kalina Nadige. 3 September 2020. Chaarumathi prakashana. en.