Career
He was elected as the Modern Language Association two times from Bhatkal Constituency as part of the BJP. He became the Minister for Small Scale Industries in 2006. He was also the Chairman of KSDL. Shivanand Naik joined KJP in 2013 and joined JDS to contest an Member of Parliament election from Uttara Kannada in 2014. Later, he withdrew his nomination papers and joined BJP.