Party Name : Telugu Desam Party
Constituency : Narasaraopet
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Venkata Ranga Rao
Mother's Name : Smt. Seetha Ramamma
Date of birth : 07 Jun 1943
Profession : Political and Social Worker Agriculturist, Trader,
Positions held :
Member, Indian National Congress1982 - 1988 Member, Rajya SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommerceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping and TransportTreasurer, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Andhra PradeshGeneral Secretary, P.C.C., Andhra Pradesh1991-1994 Chairman, Committee on 20 Point Programme, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd Term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd Term)Chairman, Standing Committee on Water ResourcesMember, General Purposes Committee5 Aug. 2007 Chairman, Standing Committee on Water Resources2006-2009 Vice-President India-Chile Parliamentary Friendship GroupVice President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Finance7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics1 May 2010 Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways9 Jun. 2013 Member, House CommitteeMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance15 Sep. 2014 onwards Chairperson, Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government officers with Members of Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Social And Cultural Activities
Patron of various fine arts and cultural associations and functions; Founder, Educational Institutions like RVR & JC College of Engineering, Law and Education in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; arranged water tanker at own cost for supplying water to the needy villagers; initiated development work in rural areas with the aid of a proclainer owned by him; provided financial assistance to the poor in rural areas; and undertook philanthropic activities like construction of Churches, Mosques and Temples; Member, Andhra Social and Cultural Association, Chennai
Special Interests
Study of political science, industrial development and export promotion
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Travelling and reading
Sports and Clubs
Life Member (i) Guntur Club, (ii) Delhi Race Club and (iii) Madras Race Club
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Received President of India Award for outstanding exporter during 1992-93 (Tobacco); Chairman, Jayalakshmi Group of Companies; Vice-Chairman (i) Tobacco Board (Two terms); (ii) Shri Jayalakshmi Spinning Mills Ltd., Guntur; Member, (i) T.T. Devasthanam, 1977-98 (ii) All India Council for Technical Education, 1998 onwards; Member, Tobacco Board, 1998-99
