Kondajji Basappa

Biography

Kondajji Basappa was a graduate in science from Bangalore University and did his LL.B from Pune University. He took an active role in promotion of Scout and Guide Movement in Karnataka. Basappa entered into politics in the year 1962 by becoming MLA from Davangere and twice elected as Member of Parliament in 1971 and 1977.

Basappa worked as Assistant District Commissioner, District Commissioner of Chitradurga, Assistant State Commissioner of Chitradurga Division and State Secretary before he became State Chief Commissioner. He held this post for the longest period from 1964 till he died in November 1982.

Career highlights

1942 : Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts) Davanagere 1946 : President, District Board, Chitradurga 1948 : Received Gold Medal for Public Service from the Maharaja of Mysore 1950-1960: Member, Syndicate of the University of Mysore , District Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga 1951 : Indian Representative , 7th World Scout Jamborre at Bad Ischl and World Scout Conference in Austria. 1955 : Assistant State Commissioner (Scouts), Chitradurga Division 1962 : Elected to the Mysore Legislative Assemble from Davanagere ; Deputy Minister for Co-operation, Information and Excise, Mysore 1962 : Headquarters Commissioner for Public relations, Bharat Scouts and Guides 1962-1967: Chairman, State Handloom Advisory Board, State Warehousing corporation 1963 : State Secretary, Bharat Scouts and Guides 1964-1982: State Chief Commissioner, 1982 Bharat Scouts and Guides, Karnataka 1967 : Re-elected to the Mysore Legislative Assembly from Davanagere 1968 : Awarded the Silver Elephant of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in recognition for his distinguished services to the movement 1968-1971: Member, Board of Regents University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 1969 : Secretary, Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee 1971 : Elected as Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Chitradurga 1971 : Establishment & Development of Scout and Guide Campus at Kondajji Village 1972-1974: Union Deputy Minister for Health and Family Planning 1973 : Indian Delegate to the World Scout Conference at Nairobi 1974 : Leader of the Indian Team in the International Conference on Family Planning at Manila, Visited Thailand and Hong Kong 1976 : Donated Rs 1 lakh for the cause of scout and guide movement in Karnataka 1976 : Founder President of "Jaladarshini jananapeeta" a residential multipurpose Educational Institution, Kondajji Village. 1977 : Re-elected to the Parliament from Davanagere 1982 : Rajyotsava award for the meritorious services rendered to Scouts and Guides movement 1982 : Died in Bangalore on 14th November.