Elected as Member of Legislative Assembly, Yelahanka Constituency (Bangalore North) during 2007 and continues to be so.
Before getting elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly, served as Flight Control Technician with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at Bangalore between 1985 to 2007 and held various positions at HAL such as President and Director of Employees House Building Society. During this tenure facilitated in providing plots to needy employees. Also functioned as President of Hindustan Aeronautics Employees Association from 2005 to 2007 and Chief Convenor of All India HAL Unions.

A Degree holder in Mechanical Engineering, Masters in Public Administration and Ph.D from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He joined Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1986. He has rich experience of working with the Central Government, State Government and various Corporate bodies.

He is presently working as the Managing Director Karnataka State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited [KSIIDC]. He is responsible for spearheading implementation of infrastructure projects including projects on Public Private Partnership [PPP] basis.

An engineering graduate from REC, Surathkal and (NIIT – K) with post graduate diploma in Business administration. Joined KSIIDC in 1978 after a brief stint in industry (manufacturing sector). Since then held various positions in KSIIDC.

Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore and Post Graduate in Information Science from the Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore. Worked with ERDA, Mumbai, (1 Year),Tata Energy Research Institute (5 Years) before joining KSIIDC during June 1984. Since then held various positions in KSIIDC.