Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Visakhapatnam
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Venkateswarulu
Mother's Name : Smt. Seethamma
Date of birth : 15 Jun 1953
Profession : Professor Social Worker
Positions held :
1977 Executive Member, Janata Party, A.P. State1978 Vice-President, Janata Yuva Morcha, A.P. State1988 General Secretary, Andhra University Teachers Association1991 - 1993 Andhra Pradesh State Executive Committee Member, B.J.P.1993 - 2003 General Secretary, A.P. State, B.J.P.1998 - 2005 Member, The Marine Products Export Development Authority1999 - 2004 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly2003 Floor Leader, Bharatiya Janata Legislature Party, Andhra Pradesh2003 - 2004 Member, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India2005 National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party2013 Member of National Disciplinary Committee, B.J.P.Mar, 2014 onwards President, B.J.P., Andhra PradeshMay, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha14 Aug. 2014 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sept. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMember, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance15 Sept. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)1 Sept. 2017 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on EnergyMember, Court of Indian Maritime University
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Countries Visited
Malaysia
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1972 : Participated in the Jai Andhra Movement in support for the creation of Andhra State as student leader with Tenneti Viswanadham, Sardar Gouthu Latchanna and Sri Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu. 1972-1973 : Secretary, Students Union, Andhra University Engineering College. 1974-1975 : Actively participated in the Lok Sangharsh Samithi Agitation under Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan and was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the Emergency and was imprisoned for 6 months in Visakhapatnam Central Jail and Mushirabad Jail, Secunderabad Nominated Member, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR), NCTC and the Court of University of Hyderabad Worked as Associate Professor for 24 years in the College of Engineering, Andhra University
