| Nanjaiah Mahesh | |
| Office1: | Minister of Primary and Secondary Education & Sakala of Karnataka |
| Term Start1: | June 2018 |
| Term End1: | October 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Tanveer Sait |
| Successor1: | S. Suresh Kumar |
| Office2: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency2: | Kollegal |
| Term Start2: | 15 May 2018 |
| Term End2: | 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | S. Jayanna |
| Successor2: | A. R. Krishnamurthy |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Birth Name: | Nanjaiah Mahesh |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (5 August 2021-present) |
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| Residence: | Kollegal, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation: | Social worker, politician |
Nanjaiah Mahesh (born 1 June 1956) is an Indian politician member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 5 August 2021. He was Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka in the H. D. Kumaraswamy cabinet, but resigned on 11 October 2018 citing personal reasons.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He won the 2018 assembly elections from the Kollegal constituency.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Mahesh took oath of his office of Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in the name of Buddha, Basava and Ambedkar.[10] He emphasizes quality education[11] and students' skill training at school level.[12] He also proposed a plan to merge single teacher schools across the state[13] and has also contemplated denying any permission to new private schools for the next three years.[14] [15] His ministry prepared a policy of capping fee structure of private CBSE and ICSE schools in the State.[16] He experimented with Open Book system in Kannada schools,[17] [18] which was praised by K. S. Bhagawan.[19] He launched 100 Schools 100 Books initiative for developing reading habit among children of Karnataka.[20] He launched Career guidance and counselling cells in the colleges of Bangalore.[21] N. Mahesh resigned as the Education Minister of Karnataka on 11 October 2018. On 5 August 2021 he joined BJP.