Arvind Bellad

Arvind Chandrakant Bellad (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian politician, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, representing Hubli-Dharwad West constituency since May 2013. Bellad is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2]

Arvind Bellad
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2013
Preceded by	Chandrakant Bellad
Constituency	Hubli-Dharwad West
Personal details
Born	3 August 1969 (1969-08-03) (age 55) Bellad Bagewadi, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Smriti Bellad
Children	Agastya (son) Pracchi (daughter)[1]
Parents	Chandrakant Bellad (father) Leelavathi Bellad (mother)
Education	B.E, PGDM
Alma mater	INSEAD SDM College of Engineering
Occupation	Politician, Entrepreneur
Website	http://arvindbellad.com/

Early life and education

Born on 3 August 1969, Bellad is the son of veteran RSS leader and former MLA Chandrakant Bellad and Leelavathi Bellad. He is the youngest among five children, he graduated from KE Boards High School and Karnataka Science College Dharwad completed his engineering degree from SDM College of Engineering, Dharwad. He pursued his PGDM in business management from INSEAD in France.

He married Smriti Bellad and has two children, Agastya and Pracchi.^[3]

Political career

Arvind Bellad entered politics in 2013. He contested from Hubli-Dharwad West constituency of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won. He represented BJP in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly twice from Dharwad district.

Some important activities of Bellad include:

• Started LKG and UKG in government schools.^[4] He noticed the dip in school attendance of Government schools. After discussing with parents of the children, he started preschool as a pilot project in one school. This experiment was successful which led him to extend this idea to 62 government schools. There was a rise in the student intake due to this.^[5]
• Campaigned for setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Dharwad.^[6] Due to these efforts, an IIT has been set up at Dharwad.^[7]
• Worked for developing and implementing clean energy in rural areas. He conducted the study, prepared a report and started implementing it.^[8]
• Created a mobile phone app to listen to the grievances of the people of his constituency.^[9]

References

1. "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Hubli Dharwad West Assembly Constituency". elections.in/. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "Arvind Bellad: Official website". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
4. "Meet Arvind Bellad, An Engineer Turned Politician". Metrosaga. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
5. "HDK takes a leaf out of BJP MLA's pre-school concept". Times of India. Times of India. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
6. "Set up IIT in Dharwad, MLA urges government". The Hindu. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
7. "IIT to be set up in Dharwad". News Karnataka. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
8. "Talking clean development". Climate Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
9. "ಶಾಸಕರಿಂದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ". One India Kannada. One India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

External links

• Karnataka Legislative Assembly