Shobha Karandlaje

Shobha Karandlaje
Shobha in 2021
Minister of State in Ministry of Labour and Employment
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterMansukh Mandaviya
Preceded byRameswar Teli
Minister of State in Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi
Preceded byBhanu Pratap Singh Verma
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
In office
7 December 2023 – 11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterPashupati Kumar Paras
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded byRavneet Singh Bittu
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Serving with Kailash Choudhary
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar
Preceded byParshottam Rupala
Succeeded byRam Nath Thakur
Minister of Energy
Government of Karnataka
In office
22 September 2010 – 23 January 2013
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Jagadish Shettar
Preceded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Succeeded byD. K. Shivakumar
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies
Government of Karnataka
In office
12 December 2010 – 12 July 2012
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Preceded byV. Somanna
Succeeded byD. N. Jeevaraj
Minister of Rural Development
Government of Karnataka
In office
30 May 2008 – 9 November 2009
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byC. M. Udasi
Succeeded byJagadish Shettar
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2024
Preceded byK. Jayaprakash Hegde
Succeeded byKota Srinivas Poojary
ConstituencyUdupi Chikmagalur
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySadananda Gowda
ConstituencyBangalore North
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byseat did not exist
Succeeded byS. T. Somashekhar
ConstituencyYeshvanthapura
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
15 June 2004 – 27 May 2008
Succeeded byS. Kailash
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1966-10-23) 23 October 1966 (age 58)
Puttur, Mysore State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(till 2012; 2014–present)
Other political
affiliations		Karnataka Janata Paksha
(2012-2014)
EducationM.A. (Sociology), M.S.W.[1]
Alma materMangalore University
NicknameShobhakka
Source: [1]

Shobha Karandlaje (born 23 October 1966)[2] is an Indian politician from Karnataka who is currently the Minister of State for Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Third Modi Ministry.[3] She was also Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Second Modi ministry.[4] She is also the Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka and Member of Parliament[5] representing Bangalore North since 2024, and represented Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Constituency from 2014 to 2024. She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka.[2] She is a close confidant to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.[6]

  1. ^ "Shobha Karandlaje| National Portal of India".
  2. ^ a b "Shobha Karandlaje | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Sushri Shobha Karandlaje takes charge as Minister of State for Labour & Employment". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Bengaluru: BSY confident of Shobha Karandlaje being given suitable position". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.