Shettihalli Timmegowda Somashekhar is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of state for Co-Operation of Karnataka from 6 February 2020. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yeshvanthapura in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He later switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the by-election in 2019.