C. N. Manjunath

Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath (born 23 September 1957) is an Indian cardiologist turned politician. He is the MP of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency. He is the son in law of H. D. Deve Gowda.

He was the director of the Government run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri for Indian medicine. 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. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate for the Bengaluru Rural constituency in the 2024 General Elections.

Biography
Born to Nanjappa Gowda in the Hassan district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. According to his CV, he started his career as an intern at Bangalore Medical College in 1982 and moved to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore in 1985 as a senior registrar at the department of cardiology, staying there for three years.

In 1988, he joined Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research as a member of faculty and worked there in various capacities such as Assistant Professor and the Professor of Cardiology till he was appointed as the director of the institution in 2006. It is said that the former director of the hospital Dr Prabudev resigned to facilitate this appointment. He also got to serve as the president of the Indian College of Cardiology. He received the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) gave him a honorary degree of Doctor of Science.

Manjunath married the daughter of former Prime Minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda and the family lives in Bengaluru. His life has been documented in a biography, Biography of a living legend.