L. Hanumanthaiah

L. Hanumanthaiah
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Preceded by	Basavaraj Patil Sedam, BJP
In office 2001 - 2007
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 2018-2024
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
In office June 2018 - May 2019
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office June 2018 - May 2019 and Oct. 2019 onwards
Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare
In office September 2019 onwards
Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research
In office March 2020 onwards
Member, Committee on Petitions
In office July 2020 onwards
Member, General Purposes Committee
In office August 2020 onwards
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
In office September 2020 - April 2021
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-10) 10 June 1958 (age 66) Rameshwara
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shrimati Vijayambaike H.
Children	One son and one daughter
Parent	Lankappa (father) Shrimati Channamma (mother)
Education	B.Sc., M.A., PhD.
Alma mater	Bangalore University and Mysore University
Profession	Writer, agriculturist
Awards	1. Visweswaraiah Puraskar (1988) 2. Saranga Mutt Prize for Poetry (1995) 3. Sahithya Parishat Endowment Prize for Poetry (1995) 4. Ambedkar Award from Attimabbe Trust for social and literary (1999) 5. Naadachetana Award (2000) 6. Katharangam Award (2001) 7. Sahitya Parishat Endowment Prize for Poetry (2001) 8. Ambedkar Award of Govt. of Karnataka (2001) 9. Sahithya Academy Award for best book of the year (2008) 10. Sahithya Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature (2015) 11. Kuvempu Award for Literature and Social Work (2015)
Website	https://www.drlhanumanthaiah.info/

Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet, politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}