Karn Manhas

Karn Manhas
Manhas, Annett Rozek, and Navdeep Bains in 2020
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded byMike Farnworth
Succeeded byMike Farnworth
Personal details
Born1976[1]
Orange County, California
Political partyBC Liberal
Residence(s)Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Occupationbusinessman
Known forFounder and CEO of Terramera

Karn Manhas (born 1976[1])is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and a former politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until his defeat in 2005, representing the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia.[2]

Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. He formed a tech consulting firm, Karyon Group, which ended in 2008–2009. In 2012, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people.[3] He is frequently called to speak on issues of sustainability, including at TEDx and Singularity University in Vancouver.[4]

Manhas is the founder of Terramera, a Vancouver-based ag/bio technology company that develops plant-based products, including organic biopesticides and biofertilzers.[5] Terramera's proprietary technology known as Actigate has garnered recognition both in BC and abroad and has lifted the company onto the 2019 Global Cleantech 100 list.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Manhas, Karn, B.Sc. (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Duttagupta, Ishani (February 16, 2004). "Karn Manhas: Coming of age". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Vancouver's Terramera raises US$45m to 'change the paradigm' on agriculture". Business Vancouver. September 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Terramera: Developing Plant-Based Products to Naturally Mitigate Crop Losses". disruptor daily. May 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Mckenzie, Kevin Hinton & Ryan. "BCBusiness". BCBusiness.
  6. ^ "It's a Good Thing: Karn Manhas wants to make farming more green". bc business. May 31, 2019.