Career
He is Five time Modern Language Association and is serving as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of Karnataka. He completed his B.Com from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad office bearer during his college days and was an influential students union leader.
He represented the Ankola Vidhan Sabha constituency for 3 terms: 1994-1999, 1999-1904 and 2004–2007.
After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency. He served as Modern Language Association for 5 terms in his political career & renowned as a very disciplined politician.