Janardhana Swamy
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Janardhana Swamy is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

), India.

He is elected to the 15th Lok Sabha on 2009, and is representing the Chitradurga
Chitradurga
Chitradurga is a town in the southern part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of Chitradurga district. Chitradurga was also known by the names Chitradurg, Chitrakaladurga, Chittaldurg. Chittaldrug was the name officially used by the British Govt.-Geography:Chitradurga is...

 Lok Sabha Constituency in the Parliament of India
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.

Education

He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering (instrumentation technology) from U.B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere, and a master's degree in engineering (electrical communication) from the Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science
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 the highest ranking institute among all the Indian engineering and technological institutes for their research performance.

Career

Before contesting in the India's General Elections in 2009, Janardhana Swamy worked as a full time party worker of Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 (BJP). Prior to this, he gained more than a decade of experience in India, China, Taiwan, and America's Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
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 - the world's most reputed center for technology, engineering and innovation. He worked in various engineering and management positions at Cisco
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, Dell
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, Sasken, Cadence Design Systems
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, and Sun Microsystems
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.

His articles appeared in IEEE, IETE, and other publications, and he obtained an US patent for testing embedded cores in multi-core integrated circuit designs.

Early life

Janardhana Swamy is the only son for his father Venkatappa and mother Chinnadevi. His father Venkatappa was a primary school teacher who relentlessly worked for providing awareness and education to the poor children in the rural villages of Karnataka, India. Janardhana Swamy studied in the Kannada medium until his 10th class.

Literary, Social, Cultural and Artistic Works

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In addition to the engineering and technology, Janardhana Swamy's interests and skills include art, literature, education, economy, agriculture, and governance. He designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications. While he was in United States, he worked as the Chief Editor & Vice President of California's Kannada community organization KKNC.

His cartoons appeared in state, national and international publications and newspapers in India.
He is also a member Indian Institute of Cartoonists

Developing Chitradurga

  • Direct Railway Line: Janardhana Swamy, along with Davangere MP GM Siddeshwara and Tumkur MP GS Basavaraju, played an important role in bringing the direct Railway connection between the Chitradurga and the state's capital Bangalore. Efforts from these three MPs led to convince BS Yeddyurappa, the then Chief Minister of the Karnataka State, to contribute Rs. 502 crore (about $110m USD) from State funds to share 50% on the cost of the project in addition to providing the required land free of cost from the State government. With the help of State funding and support from Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa, and with the support of Railway Horata Samiti and Swamijis and people, the 40 year struggle has now resulted in a meaningful outcome for the Chitradurga constituency. First time, on 19 September 2010, the most fought Davangere-Chitradurga-Tumkur direct railway line is approved by the Planning Commission (India)

  • Upper Bhadra Project: The Upper Bhadra Project is aimed at providing drinking water to the drought prone Chitradurga. Janardhana Swamy is working very closely with the State government on this project. The project, with the total investment of Rs. 6000 crores (about $1.5B USD), is known to be making a good progress..

  • India's Largest R&D Hub: The Chitradurga is getting converted into India's largest research and development hub with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
    Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
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     (BARC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and Synchrotron lab coming there. Coming of these institutions was in discussion long back. Swamy's predecessor NY Hanumanthappa and Chitradurga's then DC Amlan Biswas were also played an important role in providing all the support. State government decided to provide the land at Chitradurga. Now Swamy is also working closely with these organizations at various levels for a faster implementations of the projects while protecting the interests of the Constituency. He is also ensuring the needed support from the State and Central governments and administrations is provided in time.

Other Roles

  • Member of Committee on External Affairs
  • Member of Council
    IIT Council
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     of Indian Institutes of Technology
    Indian Institutes of Technology
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     (IIT), which is headed by the President of India
    President of India
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  • Member of Committee on Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
  • Member of Technology Committee at Lok Sabha
  • Member of Karnataka State Innovation Council

Controversies

Mr. Swamy furnished an affidavit stating that he owned no other residential property in the BDA Jurisdiction of Bangalore. Some media reports claim that it is inconsistent with the information disclosed to the Indian Election Commission, however, his supporters argue that Mr. Swamy intentionally would not have violated the law, if any.
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