Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath (born 23 September 1957) is an Indian cardiologist turned politician.
[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri for Indian medicine.
[3] He inaugurated the 410th edition Of Mysore Dasara on 17 October 2020 which is the Nadahabba (State festival) as a mark of honour for "Corona warriors" in the COVID-19 pandemic.
[4] Born to Nanjappa Gowda[5] in the Hassan district of the south Indian state of Karnataka.
[8] Manjunath married the daughter of former Prime Minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda and the family lives in Bengaluru.