Shamanuru Shivashankarappa (b. 16 June 1930) is a politician from the state of Karnataka and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Davanagere South Assembly constituency.[4][5] He is the oldest serving member of State Legislative Assembly in India.
A veteran congressman, he has been the treasurer of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for the past three decades and is also the president of All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, He belongs to the Sadar lingayat community. As a well known educationalist and industrialist, he is the chairman of Bapuji Educational Association which owns a chain of educational institutions including Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology and many professional institutions of higher education,[6] and also owns a group of industries known as Shamanur Group, which have sugar and distilleries as their prime business. He was the co-producer of the 1970 Kannada movie Boregowda Bangalorige Banda.
His son S. S. Mallikarjun, Minister for Mines and Geology, Horticulture Government of Karnataka, is a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Davanagere North Assembly constituency.
