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Corporation of India and was Member of the executive council at the

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. He is a columnist
for leading publications and writes on topics like governance,

political process and analysis, economic growth, education system
and electoral reforms.

Political Contribution

Prof. Gowda has been active in politics since his return to India in
2000. He was invited by Smt. Sonia Gandhi to participate in the Vichar

Manthan Shivir in 2003. Thereafter, in 2004, he was included in a team of
24 young leaders who worked with Shri Rahul Gandhi when he entered

politics. He was chosen to launch the Congress party’s youth- focussed
campaign in Guwahati in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Since then,

he has provided inputs for training the Youth Congress and NSUI. He
was also Convenor of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s

(KPCC) Vichar Vibhag. He was a part of the manifesto committee for
the assembly and BBMP elections.

In 2013, Prof Gowda was appointed AICC National Spokesperson.

Prof. Gowda was one of the contenders for the Bangalore North

constituency in the Congress’ Primaries for the 2014 general elections.
The Primaries, an experiment conducted in 15 LokSabha seats across
the country, was an internal election process adopted by the Indian

National Congress. Prof. Gowda secured the third highest votes in the

Bangalore North Primaries.

In June 2014, Prof. Gowda was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the
ประวัติวิทยากรเวทีอภิปราย (ต่างประเทศ)
Congress from Karnataka. He took oath on 7 July 2014.