1. Mothakapalli Venkatappa Rajeev Gowda is an Indian politician and academician.
21 Facts About Rajeev Gowda
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Rajeev Gowda is a former member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha and a national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress.
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Rajeev Gowda currently serves as Chairman of the "Congress Research Department".
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Rajeev Gowda was Professor of Economics and Social Sciences and the Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and taught a range of courses.
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Rajeev Gowda served as the Director of the Central Board, Reserve Bank of India.
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Rajeev Gowda is currently the Advisor for Bridge India, a progressive non-profit think tank set up in London in 2018.
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Rajeev Gowda was born into an eminent family in Bangalore and his father's and uncle's public lives influenced his own political ambitions.
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Rajeev Gowda was a prominent politician and was elected twice from the Mulbagal constituency, and served as member of the upper house of the legislature for two terms.
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Rajeev Gowda was a minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and was elected to the Lok Sabha six times.
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Rajeev Gowda did his schooling at Cluny Convent School, Bengaluru, and at St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bengaluru.
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Rajeev Gowda then studied economics and political science at St Joseph's College, Bengaluru.
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Rajeev Gowda was awarded the Bangalore University gold medal in political science and secured a fully funded scholarship to pursue a master's in Economics at Fordham University, New York.
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In 1991, Gowda was awarded the John M Olin Post-doctoral Fellow in Law and Economics- Law School, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
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Rajeev Gowda was a visiting scholar at the Center for Jurisprudence and Social Policy- Law School, University of California.
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Rajeev Gowda was the Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment Program at the university in 1999.
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Rajeev Gowda has been an invited columnist for several publications including Deccan Herald, Economic Times, India Today, Times of India and Outlook.
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Rajeev Gowda co-founded the acclaimed Karnataka Quiz Association in 1983, and was the national runner up on BBC TV's Mastermind India in 2001.
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Rajeev Gowda contributed to the Routledge Handbook of Election Law.
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Rajeev Gowda was chosen to launch the Congress party's younger generation election campaign nationally in Guwahati, 2004.
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Rajeev Gowda was the Chairman of the BBMP Election Manifesto Drafting Committee, 2010 and an Ex-Convenor, Vichar Vibhag.
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Rajeev Gowda is a member of the following committees in his capacity as a Member of Parliament:.