Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Nagarkurnool
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri M. Pullaiah
Mother's Name : Late Smt. M. Savaramma
Date of birth : 22 May 1951
Profession : Medical Practitioner Social Worker
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Leader, Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaConvenor, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Women’s ReservationMember, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)General Secretary, SC/ST, Parliamentary ForumJoint Convenor on Chief Whips and Whips Committee, Monitoring Group-AMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Member, Committee on CommerceMember, Committee on Human Resource Development2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Member, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Committee on PetitionsMember, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Committee on Water ResourcesCo-Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Forum5 Aug. 2007-15 Dec. 2008 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment23 Sept. 2009 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Consultative Committee on Helath and Family Welfare
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Social service; organising social functions, free health camps for the poor in rural and urban areas
Special Interests
Social service
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, music and spending time with family
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and kabaddi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, Bangkok, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Cuba, Dubai, France,Hongkong, Iran, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain and U.K; represented India in the International Conference on Racism, South Africa; Member, Indo-China Parliamentary Committee, Malaysia
Other Information
Chairman, Vigilance & Monitoring Committee on Rual Development, Mahaboob Nagar; President: (i) Andhra Pradesh SC/ST Gazetted Officers Welfare Association, 1994-96; (ii) A.P. Arundatheeya Bandhu Seva Mandali; (iii) HMT Workers Union, 1996-2000; (iv) Pragatools Limited (PTL) Workers and Employees Union;(v) Doctor for Parliamentarian Forum; Honarary President- All India Postal Sc/ST Employees Welfare Association; Vice-President Post-Graduates Association, Osmania Medical College; General Secretary (i) Sree S.A.P College, Vikarabad Ranga Reddy; (ii) Hyderabad E.N.T. Surgeons Association; and (iii) A.P. Adijambava Arundatheeya Federation; Secretary Southern States Adijambava Arundatheeya Federation; Member(i) Mointering Committee on Chief Whips and Whips Recommendations; (ii) Court, University of Hyderabad; (iii) Advisory Committee to Andhra Pradesh SC/ST Welfare Association, 1993-96; and (iv) Indo-China Parliamentary Committee; Attended as a delegate to the meeting of Telugu Association of North America-USA
