Ganesh Karnik is an Indian former military officer and politician who was the Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 22 June 2012 to 21 June 2018. He was the Chief Whip of the opposition party in Karnataka Legislative Council. He is a retired

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of the

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and served along the north, east and western borders of India and voluntarily retired from the service. He has served Nitte Education Trust in various positions and continues to serve in honorary and professional capacities.

Early life

Ganesh Karnik was born in the little town o
Kervashe
in

Karkala Taluk Karkala taluk is a taluk in the Udupi District of the Indian state of Karnataka. The headquarters is the town of Karkala ''Karkala'' also known as Karla in Tulu language, is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district ...

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, Karnataka. Having had his basic education in Karkala, he obtained his Degree in 1981 from Agricultural University

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Military career

Karnik joined the Indian army in 1981, and served as a commissioned officer along the North-East and the western border of the country. He got a voluntary

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from the Army in 1988 as a Captain.

Political career

He has been part of

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. He is also involved in social activities and has collaborated with

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on Swach Bharath initiatives. Karnik continuous to serve as director at

Nitte Nitte is a village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The village is on the way from Padubidri to Karkala. It is 8 km away from Karkala, 26 km from Udupi and 54 km from Mangalore. It is located ...

Education Trust, the umbrella organisation for all educational initiatives run by Shri Vinaya Hegde. Karnik entered the field of politics as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council in 2006 representing the South-west Teachers’ Constituency (which includes

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Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

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Chikmagalur Chikmagalur, known officially as Chikkamagaluru, is a city and the headquarters of Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the foothills of the Mullayanagiri peak of the Western Ghats, the city attracts tourists from ...

districts and

Channagiri Channagiri is a town in Davanagere district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is a taluk headquarters in Davanagere District from 1997. Before it was the part of Shivamogga District. Etymology During Ganga Possession in this place called ' ...

and Honnalli taluks of

Davanagere district Davanagere district is an administrative district of Karnataka state in India. It is the centre of Karnataka. The city of Davanagere is the district headquarters. It had a population of 1,643,494 of which 32.31% was urban as of 2011. This dist ...

). He has represented the teachers in the Council. He highlighted how Karnataka politics had got ugly, but also said that unless more intellectuals come in and reform the political system, such practices continue to remain. In June 2012, Karnik was elected as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council representing the Bangalore South-East Teachers’ Constituency. Currently he is the Chief Spokesperson of the BJP for Karnataka. He was recently appointed as the BJP incharge for

District during the Lok Sabha elections of 2024.

References

* http://kla.kar.nic.in/mlc'list/SRI%20Ganesh%20karnik.htm *

Karnataka Legislative Council The Karnataka Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in South Western India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Leg ...

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120129145631/http://www.nriforumkarnataka.org/index.php

External links

* http://www.ganeshkarnik.com * http://coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18140:unfair-to-target-bjp-alone-exclusive-interview-with-capt-ganesh-karnic&catid=58:exclusive-news&Itemid=57 * http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=211 * https://archive.today/20121129053423/http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ganesh-karnik/29/95a/b97 * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ganesh-karnik/143130962447694 {{DEFAULTSORT:Karnik, Ganesh Indian Army officers Living people People from Udupi Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council 1959 births Spokespersons