Krishna Byre Gowda is the current Minister of Agriculture for State,Government of Karnataka and Member of Legislative Assembly of the Byatarayanapura Constituency, in office since June 2008.
Education
He graduated with a Bachelor"s degree in Business Management from Christ College, now known as Christ University, in Bangalore in 1994. He then graduated with a Master"s degree (Master of Arts) from the School of International Service, at American University in Washington, District of Columbia
Career
Born in Bangalore, Krishna is a graduate from the American University in Washington and Christ College in Bangalore. He was a project associate at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington before earning his Master of Arts degree. He then worked as an agriculturalist at his family-owned farm in Kolar district between 2000 and 2002.
In 2003, he again worked as a project associate at Development Alternatives, Incorporated.
He has served three times as an M.L.A. of Karnataka state, twice from Vemegal in Kolar district from 2003 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2013 from the Byatarayanapura Constituency in Bengaluru. Krishna has served as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress between 2007 and 2011, and is currently holds the office of General Secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, since 2012.
Krishna Byre Gowda was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, to C. Byre Gowda and Savithramma. in 1999. DAI"s mission is to make a difference in the world by helping societies and economies become more prosperous, fairer and more just, safer, more stable, more efficient, and better governed.
As a project associate at DAI, Krishna worked on several projects to do with development issues and ways to solve them.
He began his political career in 2003, when his father and Janata Dal (United) leader C. Byre Gowda died. Mr. C. Byre Gowda was a senior legislator and cabinet minister of Karnataka state, having served as an M.L.A. for five consequent terms. He was agriculture minister from 1996 to 1999 in the cabinet of chief minister J.H. Patel.
Krishna Byre Gowda became president of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in November 2007.
Since then Krishna has focused on addressing problems unique to urban residents like bad roads, traffic congestion, drainage problems and uncleared garbage. Krishna lost the general election in 2009 for the Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency) in the Indian general election, 2009 to Ananth Kumar of BJP. Krishna Byre Gowda has been elected as a minister in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah"s Cabinet on 18 May 2013, at a very young age of 40.
Minister of State forAgriculture,(Independent In Charge), Government of Karnataka, May 2013 - Current
President, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress, 2007-March 2011
Project Associate, Development Alternatives Incorporated. Washington, District of Columbia, 2003
Operated self-owned agricultural farm in Bangalore, 2000-2002
Project Associate, Ethiopian Embassy, Washington,District of Columbia, 1998-1999.
Politics
In April 2004, Krishna Byre Gowda left the Janata Dal political party to join the Indian National Congress and won the Vemagal, Karnataka legislative assembly seat.
Membership
Member of the Legislative Assembly Byatarayanapura, Bangalore, 2008-Current
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Vemagal, Kolar District, Karnataka, 2003–2004,2004–2007.