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| Office | Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 8 May 2013
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| Predecessor | Chandrakant Bellad
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| Constituency | Hubli-Dharwad West
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| Born | Template:Birth date and age text |
| Born | Bellad Bagewadi, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Smriti Bellad |
| Children | Agastya (son) Pracchi (daughter)[1] |
| Alma mater | * INSEAD |
| Occupation | Politician, Entrepreneur |
| Website | http://arvindbellad.com/ |
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 was appointed as Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
- Campaigned for setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Dharwad.[8] Due to these efforts, an IIT has been set up at Dharwad.[9]
- Worked for developing and implementing clean energy in rural areas. He conducted the study, prepared a report and started implementing it.[10]
- Created a mobile phone app to listen to the grievances of the people of his constituency.[11]
References
- ↑ Arvind Bellad: Official website.
- ↑ Sitting and previous MLAs from Hubli Dharwad West Assembly Constituency. elections.in/.
- ↑ BJP appoints Srinivas Poojary as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Council(25 December 2023).
- ↑ Arvind Bellad: Official website.
- ↑ 3 MLAs improve victory margin(17 May 2018). Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ Meet Arvind Bellad, An Engineer Turned Politician. Metrosaga. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ HDK takes a leaf out of BJP MLA's pre-school concept. Times of India(13 July 2018). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ Set up IIT in Dharwad, MLA urges government. The Hindu(2 March 2015). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ IIT to be set up in Dharwad. News Karnataka. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ Talking clean development. Climate Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ ಶಾಸಕರಿಂದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ. One India Kannada. One India. Retrieved 26 July 2021.