Bellur Chandrashekharaiah[1] Nagesh is an Indian politician who was the Minister of School Education and Literacy & Sakala[2] of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 13 May 2023.

College of Engineering[4] and was part of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his student days.

[5][6] Parents: B S Chandrashekaraiah & BC Savithramma[citation needed] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1984.

[5][7] Nagesh won the state assembly elections from Tiptur constituency in 2008 and 2018.

In 2021, he was inducted into the Basavaraj Bommai ministry and was made the Minister of Primary & Secondary Education.