N. Mahesh

Nanjaiah Mahesh (born 1 June 1956) is an Indian politician member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 5 August 2021. He was Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka in the H. D. Kumaraswamy cabinet, but resigned on 11 October 2018 citing personal reasons.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He won the 2018 assembly elections from the Kollegal constituency.^[6][7][8][9]

Nanjaiah Mahesh
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education & Sakala of Karnataka
In office June 2018 – October 2018
Preceded by	Tanveer Sait
Succeeded by	S. Suresh Kumar
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 15 May 2018 – 2023
Preceded by	S. Jayanna
Succeeded by	A. R. Krishnamurthy
Constituency	Kollegal
Personal details
Born	Nanjaiah Mahesh (1956-06-01) 1 June 1956 (age 68) Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (5 August 2021-present)
Other political affiliations	Independent Bahujan Samaj Party (suspended) (until October 2018)
Residence(s)	Kollegal, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Social worker, politician

Education Minister

Mahesh took oath of his office of Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in the name of Buddha, Basava and Ambedkar.^[10] He emphasizes quality education^[11] and students' skill training at school level.^[12] He also proposed a plan to merge single teacher schools across the state^[13] and has also contemplated denying any permission to new private schools for the next three years.^[14][15] His ministry prepared a policy of capping fee structure of private CBSE and ICSE schools in the State.^[16] He experimented with Open Book system in Kannada schools,^[17][18] which was praised by K. S. Bhagawan.^[19] He launched 100 Schools 100 Books initiative for developing reading habit among children of Karnataka.^[20] He launched Career guidance and counselling cells in the colleges of Bangalore.^[21] N. Mahesh resigned as the Education Minister of Karnataka on 11 October 2018. On 5 August 2021 he joined BJP.