Venur Dhananjay Kumar Alva is a former Union minister of India and a former Member of Parliament from Mangalore.Currently, He is serving as the Special representative of Government of Karnataka to the Union Government of India in New Delhi.
Born in a Jain Bunt Family to P.A. Alva (Father) and Gunavathi Alva (Mother),Kumar completed his early education at Mahaveera College, Moodabidri earning the degrees B.Sc and late acquired a degree in Law from the Udupi Law College, Udupi and was a practicing lawyer for many years.
Alva began his political career in the youth wing of Bharatiya Janta Party and later went on to become a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983.With the rise of Bharatiya Janta Party in Karnataka,Alva went on represent the Mangalore constituency in the Lok Sabha four times and served as Union Minister thrice in the Government of India when the Bharatiya Janta Party was in power.He held the portifolios of Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1996,Union Minister of State, Finance from 1999-2000 and Union Minister of State, Textiles from 2000-2003.
Popular Jains This Week
-
Kiran Shah :: born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1956. He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old when his family decided to move to India. It w... -
Sanjay Nahar is Founder President of Sarhad, a Pune based Social Organization. He is working for peace and harmony between people living in ... -
Dr. Vilas Adinath Sangave, an eminent Sociologist and Jainologist, was born on 2nd June 1920 in a Jaina family at Solapur in Maharashtra...
-
-Mahavir Sanglikar Udaipur born, 23 year old Lieutenant Archit Verdia of 175 Med Regiment – Indian Army was posted in Siachen Glacier few m... -
Venur Dhananjay Kumar Alva is a former Union minister of India and a former Member of Parliament from Mangalore.Currently, He is serving as ...
-
Year Name Stream State 2003 Shri Nemi Chandra Jain Arts Delhi 2003 Shri Om Prakash Jain Arts Delhi 2002 Darshana Navnitlal Jhaveri Liter...
-
Harsshit Abhiraj is a popular Music Composer from Maharahstra. He was born in a Jain farmer's family of Sangli district in Maharashtra. ... -
-Mahavir Sanglikar Navalmal Firodia was a ...
-
Abigail Jain (born February 27, 1992) is an Indian Television actress best known for her role as Kakoon in the Hindi television drama Kya Di...
-
Kanhaiyalal Sethia (Hindi: कन्हैयालाल सेठिया) (September 11, 1919(1919-09-11) - November 11, 2008) was one of the most well known Rajasthani...
No comments:
Post a Comment