Arvind Bellad (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian politician, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, representing Hubli-Dharwad West constituency since May 2013. Bellad is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
Arvind Bellad | |
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| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Chandrakant Bellad |
| Constituency | Hubli-Dharwad West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1969 Dharwad India (present-day Karnataka) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Smriti Bellad |
| Children | Agastya (son) Pracchi (daughter)[1] |
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| Education | B.E, PGDM |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician, Entrepreneur |
| Website | http://arvindbellad.com/ |
Early life and education edit
Born on 3 August 1969, Bellad is the son of veteran RSS leader and former MLA Chandrakant Bellad and Leelavathi Bellad. He is the youngest among five children, he graduated from KE Boards High School and Karnataka Science College Dharwad completed his engineering from SDM College of Engineering, Dharwad. He pursued his PGDM in business management from INSEAD in France.
He is married to Smriti Bellad and has two children, Agastya and Pracchi.[3]
Political career edit
Arvind Bellad entered politics in the year 2013. He contested from Hubli-Dharwad West constituency of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won. He represented BJP in the state assembly twice from Dharwad district.
Some important activities of Bellad-
- Started LKG and UKG in government schools.[4] He noticed the dip in school attendance of Govt run schools. After discussing with parents of the children he started preschool as a pilot project in one school. This experiment was successful which led him to extend this idea to 62 govt schools. There was a rise in the student intake due to this.[5]
- Campaigned for setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Dharwad along with some others.[6] IIT has been set up at Dharwad due to these efforts.[7]
- Worked for developing and implementing clean energy in rural areas. Conducted the study, prepared a report and started implementing it.[8]
- Created a mobile phone app to listen to grievance of the people of his constituency.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Hubli Dharwad West Assembly Constituency". elections.in/. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Meet Arvind Bellad, An Engineer Turned Politician". Metrosaga. Metrosaga. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "HDK takes a leaf out of BJP MLA's pre-school concept". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Set up IIT in Dharwad, MLA urges government". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "IIT to be set up in Dharwad". News Karnataka. News Karnataka. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Talking clean development". Climate Parliament. Climate Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "ಶಾಸಕರಿಂದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ". One India Kannada. One India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.