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Chandrakanth "Chandra" Arya MP (born 1963) is an Indian-born-Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nepean in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election and subsequently re-elected in the 2019 federal election. He currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on International Trade. Arya is native of Dwarlu village, Sira Taluk, Tumakuru district, Karnataka state. He created history by speaking in his mother tongue Kannada in the House of Commons of Canada. He did his M.B.A from Kousali Institute of Management Studies, Dharwad which is affiliated with Karnatak University, Dharwad.