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The students have also been trained to spread awareness for keeping the city clean and green. Reddy joined the BJP in March 2018.[3][4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Professional career[edit]Political career[edit]Awards and honor[edit]References[edit]Early life[edit]Reddy was born to B.N. Thimma Reddy and Gowramma in 1963 at Anekal, Bengaluru Urban District. His early years were spent studying in a local government school. Later on, he got a diploma in Industrial Training.Professional career[edit]In 1981, Reddy began an industrial unit for manufacturing and welding machine tools. In 1993, he set up Gold Coins Farms and Housing Developers Limited, along with the Gold Coins Club.[5]He formed the Dayananda Foundation[6] in 2010 (as an initiative of his Bharath Goldstar Group) to address youth unemployment in India. As of date, the foundation has adopted nearly 7500 underprivileged students in Karnataka, providing them free education and employment support.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Political career[edit]Reddy was elected the president of the Bommasandra Industrial Association in 2004.[7] In 2010, he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of Karnataka, representing the Bangalore Urban district.[8] During 2009\u20132016, he also served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka, representing the Indian National Congress.In 2015, the Karnataka Congress denied Reddy a ticket for the upcoming council polls,[9][10] following which he contested the elections as a rebel candidate.[11][12][13][14][15][16] In March 2018, he joined the Karnataka faction of the BJP.[17][18][19]Awards and honor[edit]In 2009, the All India Intellectual Society awarded him ‘The Great Son of Karnataka’ prizeIn 2008, he was honored by the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of commerceIn 2004, he won the ‘Aryabhatta Award’ for lifetime contribution to the societyHe has also won the ‘Thamra Human Rights Award’ from The International Human Rights Association (IHRA) of SAARC NationsReferences[edit]^ “B S Yeddyurappa: Former MLC Dayananda Reddy joins BJP \u2013 BS Yeddyurappa English | DailyHunt”. DailyHunt. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ Karanataka local body Election election (1 December 2015), Dayananda Reddy Foundation, retrieved 17 April 2018^ “B S Yeddyurappa: Former MLC Dayananda Reddy, Former Inspector General of Police BNS Reddy and Film Producer Umesh Banakar joins BJP \u2013 BS Yeddyurappa English | DailyHunt”. DailyHunt. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Bengaluru: Shot in arm for BJP, retired police B N S Reddy joins party”. deccanchronicle.com\/. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “HC admits plea for Rs 1.5 crore compensation from state \u2013 Times of India”. The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ Karanataka local body Election election (1 December 2015), Dayananda Reddy Foundation, retrieved 25 March 2018^ “KIADB launches four projects”. The Hindu. 25 February 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2018.[dead link]^ “Alliance University Annual Convocation 2015”. www.mbauniverse.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Siddaramaiah defends denial of ticket to Dayananda Reddy”. Deccan Herald. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “‘I swear on God and my parents I will vote for you’ \u2013 Bangalore Mirror -“. Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Action against rebels: Congress likely to suspend JP Hegde”. Coastaldigest.com \u2013 The Trusted News Portal of India, Coastal Karnataka. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “On election eve, rebel pulls a fast one on Congress”. Deccan Herald. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ Pioneer, The. “Polling ends for Legislative Council elections for 25 seats in Karnataka”. The Pioneer. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ NewsKarnataka (7 December 2015). “Council polls candidate lists trigger dissidence”. NewsKarnataka. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Four Congress rebels may be axed”. deccanchronicle.com\/. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Kolar seat fuels fire in Congress, CM, Dr G on rescue mission”. deccanchronicle.com\/. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “Bengaluru: Shot in arm for BJP, retired police B N S Reddy joins party”. deccanchronicle.com\/. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.^ “BJP Bengaluru Padayatre PDF”.^ “Senior congress leader from Karnataka ex-MLC Dayanand Reddy joined BJP \u2013 P Muralidhar Rao”. muralidharrao.in. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/dayananda-reddy-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Dayananda Reddy – Wikipedia"}}]}]