Sri M. Mallikarjun Kharge | CoopPeople | CoopWiki

Life Period: Born July 21, 1942 – Present (Active Contemporary Leader)
Region: Kalyana-Karnataka (formerly Hyderabad-Karnataka) region
Role: Patron of the Kalaburagi District Central Co-operative Bank and regional labor collectives.
Core Contributions: Operating across historically underdeveloped northern districts, he championed Labor Contract Cooperative Societies (LCCS) to protect rural construction and stone-quarry workers from systemic exploitation. He initiated policy shifts allowing registered worker cooperatives to bid directly on public infrastructure projects (roads, schools), bypassing corporate middlemen and ensuring fair, statutory wages were managed directly by the laborers.
Recognitions: Commemorated across northern cooperative unions with several worker-led cooperative administrative complexes and bank branches dedicated in his honor.