It is his association with the National Cadet Corps(NCC)[5] as part of which he also attended the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi that nudged him to join the Indian Army.
Army Days Captain Brijesh Chowta appeared for the CDS examination and joined the OTA Chennai and went on to be commissioned into 7th Battalion[5] of the 8th Gorkha Rifles, where he served until 2010.
In Following the 2024 Indian general election, Brijesh Chowta wins from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency seat by defeating Padmaraj R Poojari (INC) by a margin of 1,49,208 votes.
[citation needed] It was started as he led a team of young minds during the agitation against PETA's efforts to ban the traditional folk sport Kambala.
This gained momentum and turned into Mangaluru Kambala which is entirely managed by a volunteer team, and has become an important event in the cultural calendar of coastal Karnataka.