Ramachandra Gowda (Kannada:ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಗೌಡ) is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, India.,[2] Gowda took to social-political activities during his school days having been inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He entered the Bangalore City Corporation as a Jana Sangh member in 1970.
He was first elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council from the Bangalore Graduates Constituency in 1988 and has been re-elected 3 more times in 1994, 2000 and 2006.
[4] He held the portfolios of Small Savings, Mining & Geology and Science & Technology in the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) coalition headed by H.D.Kumaraswamy.
[7][8] Born on 13 December 1938 at Tippoor in Kunigal taluk of Tumkur district, he holds an engineering degree.