| Umesh Katti | |
| Office1: | Minister of Forest Government of Karnataka |
| Term Start1: | 4 August 2021 |
| Term End1: | 6 September 2022 |
| Term End2: | 6 September 2022 |
| Term End3: | 13 May 2013 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Predecessor1: | Arvind Limbavali |
| Office2: | Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Government of Karnataka |
| Term Start2: | 21 January 2021 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | B. S. Yediyurappa Basavaraj Bommai |
| Predecessor2: | K. Gopalaiah |
| Successor2: | K. H. Muniyappa |
| Office3: | Minister of Agriculture Government of Karnataka |
| Term Start3: | 23 September 2010 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar |
| Predecessor3: | S. A. Ravindranath |
| Successor3: | Krishna Byre Gowda |
| Successor1: | Eshwara Khandre |
| Office4: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 2008 |
| Term End4: | 5 September 2022 |
| Predecessor4: | Shashikanth Akkappa Naik |
| Constituency4: | Hukkeri |
| Term Start5: | 1985 |
| Term End5: | 2004 |
| Predecessor5: | Vishwanath Mallappa Katti |
| Successor5: | Shashikanth Akkappa Naik |
| Constituency5: | Hukkeri |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Otherparty: | |
| Education: | KLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute (Autonomous) |
| Birth Date: | 1961 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Khadaklat, Mysore State, India |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
Umesh Vishwanath Katti (14 March 1961 – 6 September 2022)[2] was an Indian politician. He was first elected to Karnataka Assembly as member of Janata Dal. At the time of his death, he was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Forest of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 6 September 2022.[3] of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He entered politics after the demise of his father Vishwanath Katti in 1985 who was Member of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Hukkeri Assembly constituency and won polling by 81,810 votes.[5] [6] He was an eight-term legislator from north Karnataka's Belagavi district.[7]
He condemned Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's statement about releasing Krishna waters from Tubchi-Babalad lift irrigation scheme to Maharashtra, and yet again, raised the demand for separate Statehood for north Karnataka if the region is neglected.[8]
During Coronavirus, he had made a statement as a sitting minister and said, " We ministers should survive (Coronavirus) not sure about you (people)"
In 2021, while responding to a farmer on cuts in the rice allotment of the public distribution system, he had said "It is better to die. Actually, that is the reason we have stopped giving. Please don't call me."[9]
On 6 September 2022, he suffered a massive heart attack and collapsed in the bathroom of his Dollar's Colony residence in Bangaluru. Katti was taken to M S Ramaiah Hospital in Bangalore, where he was later pronounced dead. His last rituals took place in his Home Town Bellad Bagewadi.