Dr. Vedavyas Srinivas Acharya is a senior BJP leader of Karnataka state. He is presently the Higher education Minister in the Government of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 Formerly he had served as minister of medical education and animal husbandry in the BJP-JDS coalition government. He is a native of Udupi and a physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 by profession. His father was Katte Vyasa Acharya, a Sanskrit scholar.