Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Bapatla
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri G. Venkateswara Rao
Mother's Name : Late Smt. G. Sitaravamma
Date of birth : 06 Oct 1958
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Member Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)1998-99 Member, Committee on RailwaysMember, Comittee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General RevenuesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology and other DepartmentsMay 2004 Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)2009 - 30 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Textiles30 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Secretary, South-Central Railway Women`s Welfare Organisation, Secunderabad Division; associated with State social and cultural organisations; viz. (i) Snehalaya; and (ii) Nrityabharathi
Special Interests
Social service, working for Congress Party, upliftment of the downtrodden and the poor; especially interested in women and child development
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, listening to music and spending time with children
Sports and Clubs
Chess, Badminton, Tennis and Carrom
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Working for boosting the image of Congress Party in Prakasam, Guntur and Nellore District; and frequent interaction with women workers of the party
