Nanjaiah Mahesh (born 1 June 1956) is an Indian politician member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 5 August 2021.
He was Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka in the H. D. Kumaraswamy cabinet, but resigned on 11 October 2018 citing personal reasons.
[6][7][8][9] Mahesh took oath of his office of Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in the name of Buddha, Basava and Ambedkar.
[14][15] His ministry prepared a policy of capping fee structure of private CBSE and ICSE schools in the State.
[19] He launched 100 Schools 100 Books initiative for developing reading habit among children of Karnataka.