L. Hanumanthaiah

Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet, politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.

Early life and background Lankappa Hanumanthaiah was born to Lankappa and Shrimati Channamma on 10 June 1958.

Hanumanthaiah studied at Government Science College, Bangalore, Post Graduate Studies in Kannada Literature at Bangalore University and Ph.D. from Mysore University. ಒಂಟಿ ಕಾಲಿನ ನಡಿಗೆ : Onti Kalina Nadige - Published on 3 September 2020

Dalitha Lokada Olage (In the world of Dalits), 1989 Ambedkar Mattu Samakaaleenathe (Ambedkar and Contemporary Times), 1993 Kanakadasa (biography on saint poet of medieval Karnataka), 1995

Research thesis Source:

Katha Kathana (thesis on stories), 1999 Ambedkar (a play), (the play has been staged at Bangalore, Bellary, Tumkur, Chitradurga and other parts of Karnataka), 1998; Autobiography - Ontikalina Nadige (walk in one leg)

Edited works Source:

Ambedkar Kavithegalu (An Anthology of Poems on Dr Ambedkar) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy Dalitha Kathegalu (An Anthology of Dalit Short Stories) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy Kelavargada Vachanakaararu (Saint poets from the lower strata of the society of 12th century Karnataka) Rangabhumi Antharanga: C.G.K. (a commemorative volume on a well-known theatre Director Sri C.G. Krishna Swamy) and (v) Suvarna Sanchaya ( An Anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry from the beginning of the 20th century) for Kannada Sahitya Parishad; Chairman, Committee for publishing Babu Jagjivan Ram’s works in Kannada

Position held Oct. 2019 onwardsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and EmpowermentSept. 2019 onwardsMember, Committee on Health and Family WelfareMarch 2020 onwardsMember, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical ResearchJuly 2020Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya SabhaJuly 2020 onwardsMember, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2020 onwardsMember, General Purposes CommitteeSept. 2020 - April 2021Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes