Aravind Bellad

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Aravind Bellad
Arvind Bellad 01.jpg
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2013
ConstituencyHubli-Dharwad West
Personal details
Born (1969-08-03) 3 August 1969 (age 54)
Bellad Bagewadi, Belagavi district, Mysore state
(present-day Karnataka)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Smriti Bellad
ChildrenAgastya (son)
Pracchi (daughter)[1]
Parents
EducationB.E, PGDM
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, Entrepreneur
Websitehttp://arvindbellad.com/

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]

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]

  1. ↑ "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Hubli Dharwad West Assembly Constituency". elections.in/. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Meet Arvind Bellad, An Engineer Turned Politician". Metrosaga. Metrosaga. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "HDK takes a leaf out of BJP MLA's pre-school concept". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Set up IIT in Dharwad, MLA urges government". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "IIT to be set up in Dharwad". News Karnataka. News Karnataka. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Talking clean development". Climate Parliament. Climate Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "ಶಾಸಕರಿಂದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ". One India Kannada. One India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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