Dinesh Gundu Rao (Kannada:ದಿನೇಶ್ ಗುಂಡು ರಾವ್), born October 9, 1969, is an Indian politician working for the Indian National Congress (INC) in Karnataka. He was president of the Karnataka youth congress, and is now currently a member of the legislative assembly (MLA).[1] Till date, he is a three time winner in the Karnataka elections.
He was born in Kushal Nagar, Coorg. He is the second son of the late chief minister of Karnataka, R. Gundu Rao (1935-1993). He has an elder brother and a younger brother. Presently, he is married with two children, living in Bangalore, Karnataka.