Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath (born 23 September 1957) is an Indian cardiologist turned politician. He is the MP of

Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. He is the son in law of H. D. Deve Gowda. He was the director of the Government run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

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for Indian medicine. He inaugurated the 410th edition Of Mysore Dasara on 17 October 2020 which is the Nadahabba (State festival) as a mark of honour for "Corona warriors" in the

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pandemic. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate for the Bengaluru Rural constituency in the 2024 General Elections.

Biography

Born to Nanjappa Gowda in the

Hassan district Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...

of the south Indian state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. According to his CV, he started his career as an intern at

Bangalore Medical College Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), (Beṅgaḷūru Vaidyakīya Mahāvidyālaya mattu Sanśōdhanā Sansthé) formerly Bangalore Medical College (BMC), is a medical college in Bengaluru, India run by the Government of Karn ...

in 1982 and moved to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore in 1985 as a senior registrar at the department of cardiology, staying there for three years. In 1988, he joined Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research as a member of faculty and worked there in various capacities such as Assistant Professor and the Professor of Cardiology till he was appointed as the director of the institution in 2006. It is said that the former director of the hospital Dr Prabudev resigned to facilitate this appointment . He also got to serve as the president of the Indian College of Cardiology. He received the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of the

and

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), located in Bengaluru, India, is a public university chartered in 1996 by the Government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences throughou ...

(RGUHS) gave him an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Manjunath married the daughter of former Prime Minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda and the family lives in

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. His life has been documented in a biography, ''Biography of a living legend''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manjunath, C. N. Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine 1957 births People from Hassan district Medical doctors from Karnataka Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 1998 Indian cardiologists Interventional cardiology Indian medical researchers Indian medical academics Indian medical writers Living people 20th-century Indian medical doctors India MPs 2024–2029

Biography

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