Hanumanthagowda Krishnegowda Patil (born 15 August 1953) is an Indian politician from Gadag in Karnataka, India.

[4] Patil got widespread accolades for enthusiastically involving himself with the expansion of Irrigation across the state and spearheading the attempt for Cloud Seeding while being the Minister for Water Resources of Karnataka.

[9] During his term as Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka, Karnataka bagged the E-Award instituted by the centre for effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Panchayat Raj department for the year 2015–16.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the award on 24 April 2017 in Lucknow during an event to mark National Panchayat Raj Day.

His Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka department won National awards successively for record 4 years from 2014–15 to 2017–18.