Career
Kondajji Basappa was a graduate in science from Bangalore University and did his Bachelor of Laws from Pune University. He took an active role in promotion of Scout and Guide Movement in Karnataka. Basappa worked as Assistant District Commissioner, District Commissioner of Chitradurga, Assistant State Commissioner of Chitradurga Division and State Secretary before he became State Chief Commissioner.
He held this post for the longest period from 1964 till he died in November 1982.
1942: Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts) Davanagere
1946: President, District Board, Chitradurga
1948: Received Gold Medal for Public Service from the Maharaja of Mysore
1950-1960: Member, Syndicate of the University of Mysore, District Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga
1951: Indian Representative, 7th World Scout Jamborre at Bad Ischl and World Scout Conference in Austria. 1955: Assistant State Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga Division
1962: Elected to the Mysore Legislative Assemble from Davanagere.
Deputy Minister for Company-operation, Information and Excise, Mysore
1962: Headquarters Commissioner for Public relations, Bharat Scouts and Guides
1962-1967: Chairman, State Handloom Advisory Board, State Warehousing corporation
1963: State Secretary, Bharat Scouts and Guides
1964-1982: State Chief Commissioner, 1982 Bharat Scouts and Guides, Karnataka
1967: Re-elected to the Mysore Legislative Assembly from Davanagere
1968: Awarded the Silver Elephant of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in recognition for his distinguished services to the movement
1968-1971: Member, Board of Regents University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
1969: Secretary, Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee
1971: Establishment & Development of Scout and Guide Campus at Kondajji Village
1972-1974: Union Deputy Minister for Health and Family Planning
1973: Indian Delegate to the World Scout Conference at Nairobi
1974: Leader of the Indian Team in the International Conference on Family Planning at Manila, Visited Thailand and Hong Kong
1976: Donated Rs 1 lakh for the cause of scout and guide movement in Karnataka
1977: Re-elected to the Parliament from Davanagere
1982: Rajyotsava award for the meritorious services rendered to Scouts and Guides movement
1982: Died in Bangalore on 14th November.
