Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda

Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda is an Indian politician who is a current Member of the newly elected 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is elected from Hosakote as the Indian National Congress' candidate, and defeated sitting minister M T B Nagaraj. He is son of Senior Bharatiya Janata Party Leader and Chikballapur Lok Sabha MP B. N. Bache Gowda. He was expelled from primary membership and contested the assembly by-election in 2019 as independent candidate for anti-party activity. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	M. T. B. Nagaraj
Constituency	Hosakote
Personal details
Born	Sharath Kumar Bachegowda (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 43) Bengaluru
Political party	Indian National Congress (2021-present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2019-2021), Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-2019)
Spouse	Prathibha Sharath
Parent	B. N. Bache Gowda (father)
Residence(s)	Hosakote, Karnataka
Education	Mechanical Engineering, PES University, Bangalore & MS in University of Michigan Ann Arbor

He was appointed chairman for Karnataka Electricity Distribution Code (KEDC) on 26 January 2024.^[7]