Father's Name   :   Boraiah

Mother's Name   :   Thimamma

Wife Name   :   G.H.Nirmala

Date of Birth   :   29 July 1949

Profession   :   Agriculture, Practiced Advocacy

Children   :   3 Sons, Sanjay.T.J, Santhosh.T.J, Sandeep.T.J

Educational Qualifications   :    B.Sc.LL.B., ADVOCATE

Hobbies   :    Social service & Reading Books

Permanent Address   :

S\o Late Borahia, “Hemavathi”,   Balenahalli Gate, Kallambella, Sira Taluk, Karnataka

Present Address :

# 06, 7 Ministers Quarters, Sanky Road, Bangalore – 560 001

Tel. Fax - 080-22205779, 22258472

Present Position:

Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Minor Irrigation & Tumkur District In-charge Minister

Legislative Experience:

• Represented 6 times to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kallambella and Sira Constituency, Tumkur District.

          i. 6th Assembly – 1978 to 1983,

          ii. 9th Assembly – 1989 to 1994,

          iii. 10th Assembly – 1994 to 1999,

          iv. 11th Assembly – 1999 to 2004,

          v. 13th Assembly – 2008 to 2013

          vi. 14th Assembly – 2014 to till date

• Cabinet Minister for Agriculture and District Incharge Minister of Tumkur District from 17.10.1999 to 27.06.2002
• Special Representative of Karnataka at New Delhi from 27.06.2002 to 1.12.2003 on the Status of Cabinet Minister
• Cabinet Minister for Food & Civil Supplies and District Incharge Minister of Mandya District from 12.12.2003 to 28.05.2004.
• Deputy leader of the Opposition to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly – 1994 to 1999 and 2008 to 2013

In Politics:

• Worked in Various Capacities in the party Organization at Taluk, District and State Level and Vice President of KPYCC
• Member, All India Congress Committee Between 1996 – 2000 & 2005 – Till date.
• Member, KPCC Election Management & Co – ordination Committee headed by Sri S.M.Krishna for 2008 General Election to Legislative Assembly
• Permanent Invitee for KPCC Executive Committee
• Member, Strategy Committee for 1999 General Election to Legislative Assembly
• Vice – President KPYCC

Public Exposure:

• Chairman of Karnataka Film Industries Development Corporation between 1980-1981
• Chairman of reception Committee of the Historic 69th Kannada Sahitya Sammilana at Tumkur held on February 2002
• Managing Trustee of MCC Charities, Bangalore
• Chairman Trustee of Universal Education & Research Foundation, Bangalore
• President, krishna kolla neeravari samithi, Kallambella, Sira Taluk, Tumkur District
• President, paschima gatta neeravari samithi Tumkur

Travel Abroad:

• Represented the Country at the 48th Common Wealth Parliamentary Seminar held at West Minster, United Kingdom During March 1999
• Visited Countries namely USA, Canada, China, Japan South Korea, UAE, South Eastern Countries & European Countries to study about Agriculture and Industrial Sectors