Indian National Congress·Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka
Who he is
Close to two decades in the Congress organisation, and a parallel career in education. This is the background he brings to the seat, set out plainly for anyone who wants to check it.
Mansoor started in the mid-2000s as a block-level Congress worker in Bengaluru. Over close to two decades he worked up through the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee: its minority department, a secretary’s charge over the Mandya, Malavalli, Maddur and Channapatna segments, the Research Department he ran, then the Communications Department. Today he is a Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
He contested Bangalore Central in 2024. The campaign surfaced serious problems in the constituency’s voter rolls, centred on Mahadevapura, and helped make the scale of the problem clear to the party leadership. Rahul Gandhi took it national, where it became the Vote Chori campaign.
As an AICC Secretary he was the party’s in-charge for Telangana, and since August 2024 for Kerala and Lakshadweep. The Congress won both. He was part of those winning structures.
Outside politics, Mansoor’s working life has been in education. He founded School of India and has spent that career as an educator, on school boards and in industry associations. He holds a BBM and an MBA from Bangalore University.
A career, in order.
On the ground
- c. 1990s
Bangalore University
He takes a BBM, then an MBA, and begins a parallel career in education.
- mid-2000s
A block-level worker
He joins the Congress organisation at the block level in Bengaluru and campaigns through successive Assembly, Lok Sabha and BBMP elections.
Building the structure
- 2015 - 2021
Vice-Chairman, KPCC minority department
His first sustained charge inside the state party.
- 2017 - 2021
Secretary, KPCC
In charge of the Mandya, Malavalli, Maddur and Channapatna segments.
- c. 2018 - 2024
Chairman, KPCC Research Department
Runs the party's Research Department, a data-driven, fact-checked operation. The habit of working from data starts here.
- c. 2020 - 2024
Co-Chairman, KPCC Communications Department
Handles the party's communications, alongside Priyank Kharge.
- 2023 - 2024
AICC Secretary, Telangana
Part of the structure that won the 2023 Assembly election.
Bangalore Central, and election integrity
- 2024
Contests Bangalore Central
The campaign surfaces serious problems in the constituency's voter rolls, centred on Mahadevapura, and helps make the scale clear to the party leadership. Rahul Gandhi takes it national, where it becomes the Vote Chori campaign.
- Aug 2024 - present
AICC Secretary, Kerala & Lakshadweep
Part of the structure that returned the Congress-led front to power in 2026.
Into the Rajya Sabha, the ground floor
- 12 June 2026
Certificate of Election
Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
- 2026
Takes the oath
He takes his seat, one of Karnataka's members in the Upper House. The work for the state starts here.
This record is not complete, and it will be kept up to date.
Education and institutions
His career outside politics has been in education, on school boards and in the bodies below.
- Founder
- School of India
- Board of Management
- Delhi Public School, Bengaluru & Mysuru
- President
- FICCI ARISE, Karnataka
- Vice-President
- Karnataka Federation of Independent Schools Management
- General Secretary
- Managements of Independent CBSE Schools Association, Karnataka
- Director
- Think CIQ