Vedavyasa Srinivasa Acharya (06 July 1940 – 14 February 2012) was an Indian senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. He was the Higher Education Minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Dr. Vedavyas Srinivas Acharya (V S Acharya) started his political career in the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh (predecessor of Bharatiya Janata Party). He was elected as a municipal councillor, then as president in Udupi municipal council in 1968. This was the first ever win of elected body in South India by the Jan Sangh. Udupi municipal council is the local governing body of Udupi town in coastal Karnataka.
He had been jailed for 19 months during the 1975-77 internal emergency imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
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