Career
Swamy worked in various engineering and management positions at Cisco,Dell,Sasken,Cadence Design Systems,and Sun Microsystems. [4] His research articles have appeared in IEEE,IETE,and other publications. He also obtained United States Patent No. 6,686,759 for "Testing embedded cores in multi-core integrated circuit designs" on 3 February 2004. [5] [6]
He also worked as a full-time party worker of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the first president of BJP IT Cell (Karnataka Division). [7]
He contested and won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Chitradurga,Karnataka. Swamy's victory in 2009 marked the first-ever win for the BJP from the Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency. He received 370,920 votes and won by a record margin of 135,571 votes,the third-highest in the 2009 Indian general election in Karnataka.
In 2012,B.S. Yeddyurappa and B. Sriramulu left the BJP,creating the KJP and BSR parties,leading to significant electoral setbacks for the BJP in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections. [8] The division notably impacted Chitradurga,a BJP challenge area,with the BSR's capture of an MLA seat in Molakalmuru,while the BJP secured only one MLA seat out of eight in the Chitradurga Lok Sabha area,underscoring the split's profound effect. [9] Despite developmental efforts by BJP's Janardhana Swamy,the political fragmentation contributed to his Lok Sabha election loss in 2014 from Chitradurga. [10] The reintegration of KJP and BSR into BJP in 2014 could not fully mend the electoral damage in certain regions.
During his tenure as an MP (2009–2014),Swamy,along with Davangere MP G.M. Siddeshwara and Tumkur MP G.S. Basavaraju,were instrumental in securing the sanction for a railway connection between Davanagere and Tumkur via Chitradurga,providing a direct connection to the state capital,Bangalore. [11] [12] [13] Swamy also played significant roles in setting up the DRDO,BARC,ISRO,and IISc's new campus at Challakere. [14] Recognizing water scarcity in Chitradurga’s drought-prone region,he removed administrative and political hurdles to implement the Upper Bhadra irrigation project—a long-awaited effort to supply 30 TMC of water from the Bhadra Dam. [15]
Janardhana Swamy,representing the BJP,was one of two MPs elected by ballot from the Lok Sabha members to serve on the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),the highest governing body overseeing all IITs,which reports to the President of India. [16]
Literary works
He designed and illustrated cover pages for several books and publications. [17] While he was in United States,he worked as the Chief Editor &Vice-President of California's Kannada community organisation KKNC. [18] His cartoons have appeared in state,national,and international publications. [19] [20] [21] [22] He is a member of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists,which promotes cartooning and regularly hosts exhibitions featuring renowned artists. The institute has showcased works by Sir David Low,R. K. Laxman,Mario Miranda,Pran,Abu Abraham,Sudhir Dar,Ajit Ninan,and Pulitzer Prize winner Signe Wilkinson. It exhibited Swamy’s cartoons on 26 December 2009. [23] Swamy also inaugurated the institute’s Golden Jubilee Exhibition on 17 January 2011.
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