Appachu Ranjan

Appachu Ranjan
Appachu Ranjan as guest speaker
Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Government of Karnataka
In office
12 July 2012  8 May 2013
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
May 2008  May 2023
Succeeded byMantar Gowda
ConstituencyMadikeri
In office
1994–2004
Succeeded byB. A. Jivijaya
ConstituencySomvarpet
Personal details
Born (1957-09-11) 11 September 1957
Virajpet, Kodagu, Mysore State, (now Karnataka, India)
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party (1980–present)

Mandepanda Poovaiah Appachu Ranjan (born 11 September 1957) is an Indian politician who was the former Minister for Youth Services and Sports in Karnataka, a state in Southern India. He is a leader of the BJP in Karnataka and a fifth time Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Madikeri Constituency in Kodagu district, Karnataka. He belongs to the Kodava Hindu community.