Ananth Kumar

He was the Chief Patron of Adamya Chetana, Smt. Girija Shastry Memorial Trust, which has successfully undertaken over projects: (i) Annapoorna - to provide nutritious mid-day meal to 2,00,000 under privileged, needy school children with Govt. support, Bangalore, Hubli, Gulbarga and Jodhpur, Rajasthan; (ii) Aata-Paatha - a mobile unit, fiTted with educational gadgets like computers, sports equipments, costumes for drama, teaching aids, books, drawing and painting materials, audio visual equipments, etc.,; visit different schools situated in slums of Bengaluru making teaching, learning a fun experience; Adoption of Government schools to provide drinking water facility, building renovation, uniforms and health check-ups etc; and (iv) Vocational training programme for reduced prices especially girls and women; associated with the blood donation site "http://www.raktadan.org" aimed to bring blood donors and the needy together. He Participated in Social And Cultural Activities including Annapoorna, Aata-Paatha etc.. He wrote several articles on national issues in well-known newspapers and periodicals. He was well known public speaker in Kannada, Hindi, English and Telugu on political and educational issues. His special interests were Reading, Writing, Poetry and Travelling.
His favourite Pastime and Recreation are Sight seeing, star gazing, playing with children
He also interested in sports including Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Chess.

• Union Minister Ananth Kumar passed away on Monday at 2 am on November 12, 2018, following complications due to cancer. He had been in the intensive care unit and was on ventilator support for the past few days.

• He was given the additional charge of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

• He became Member, BJP Central Election Committee and the Member, BJP Parliamentary Board on June 2014.

• Ananth Kumar again elected from Bangalore South. This time he defeated Nandan Nilekani, the strong candidate of Congress Party. Later he was appointed as Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in Narendra Modi's cabinet. Also, he became the Member of BJP Central Election Committee and BJP Parliamentary Board.

• He became a Member of NIMHANS, 16th August, 2013 served till death.

• He was the Member of the Indian Parliamentarian delegation to 67th UN General Assembly � Was the first Indian to address the U.N.G.A. in Kannada on 16th October, 2012.

• He became a Vice-President of The Council Of World Affairs, 7 May, 2010 and a Member of Indian-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Group, 29 July, 2010.

• He became a Vice Chairman ABIDe (Agenda for Bangalore Infrastructure Development) 2008-2010

• He was the Member of Governing Council, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2004-09.

• In 2004, he was appointed National General Secretary of the BJP contributing to building the party in MP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states. On 26 May 2014, Kumar was appointed Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the cabinet of the current Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

• He became the President of the Karnataka state unit of BJP in 2003 and led the state unit which became the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly and won the highest number of Lok Sabha seats in 2004 in Karnataka.

• In 1999, he was re-elected to a 3rd Consecutive term and became a cabinet minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. He handled various ministries like Tourism, Sports & Youth Affairs, Culture, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation. He was the Founder President of Aerospace Museum Society, Bangalore, April, 1999. He was the Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to China.

• After defeating D P Sharma of Congress in 1998, he was re-elected and was inducted into the Union Cabinet headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Minister for Civil Aviation and he was the youngest cabinet minister in that Government. He was the Member of Infrastructure Task Force, November 1988. He was the part of International Exchange Programme; and as Special Emissary of the Government of India hoisted the Tri-colour in Washington for the celebration of 51st Year of Indian Independence in August, 1998.

• He was the Member of Young Parliamentarian Conference, 1997.

• From 1996 to 2016, Sri Ananth Kumar has completed glorious two decades of service without a break in the prestigious constituency of Bengaluru South. And incidentally, BJP as a party has held on to this constituency for a silver jubilee years, (25 years) from 1991 to 2016. He was appointed as Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry. He served this post just for one year.

• He later joined BJP and was nominated as the State President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was then made National Secretary of the party in 1996. He was elected from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. He defeated Varalakshmi Gundu Rao of INC. He was the Member of Central Silk Board, 1996-97. He was the Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to UNESCO. He was the Member of Governing Council, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1996-98

• He was the Member of the delegation to The United States of America with Shri Narendra Modi, 1993

• State Convenor of Save Assam Movement, Karnataka in 1983; of International Youth Year in 1985 and of R.S.S. sponsored Drought Relief Committee, Karnataka in 1986. He was the Organiser of State and national level conferences and study camps; Convenor for many State and University level agitations.

• From 1982-85 he elected as the Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarathi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), Karnataka

• He participated in J.P. Movement against Emergency Rule in India, 1975-77; detained for about 40 days.

By moving to 100% Neem Coated Urea, he created a revolution in fertilizers in India.
He launched Suvidha successfully Bio-degradable & environment-friendly sanitary pads at just 2.50 per piece from 5 June 2018, launched on 8th Mar 2018.
He had a historic record in passing GST bill in Parliament, without BJP having a majority in the Rajya Sabha.
Focused on Affordable Quality Healthcare for all, by opening over 3600 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (1Jun2018) from mere 99 in May 2014, leading to savings of over 500 Cr INR for the common man.
He reduced prices on cardiac stents and Knee Implants that lead to more savings for govt.
He was the member of the delegation to The United States of America with Shri Narendra Modi in 1993.
He was the Vice Chairman of ABID (Agenda for Bangalore Infrastructure Development) from 2008-2010.