Party Name : Telugu Desam Party
Constituency : Srikakulam
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri K. Dali Naidu
Mother's Name : Smt. K. Kalavathamma
Date of birth : 23 Feb 1957
Profession : Agriculturist Advocate
Positions held :
1982-94 Member, Panel of Chairmen, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblyLeader, Telgu Desam Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaChairman, Committee on the Welfare of the Backward Classes, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1995-96 Chief Whip, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Areas and Employment1982-96 Member, Andhra Pradesh Leglislative Assembly (four terms)Member, Privileges Committee, Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Telegu Desam PolitburoMember, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Panel of ChairmenChairman, Committee on Agriculture1998-99 Member, Panel of ChairmenLeader, T.D.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2004 Chairman, Committee on RailwaysMember, Telugu Desam PolitburoMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Ethics CommitteeMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Safty of Perticide Residves in soft and aucated drinks2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)2003-2004 Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee, S.E.B.I.Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of SteelMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on Social Justice & EmpowermentLeader, Telugu Desam Parliamentary PartySpecial Invitee, Business Advisory Committee16 Aug. 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women-- Member,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology
More Information :
Special Interests
Reading books
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (12 countries); Attended the World Food Agricultural Organisation Summit at Rome, Italy, 1996; Chief Guest, European Telugu Association Conference at Manchester, U.K., 1997; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union at Windhock, 1998; visited Philippines and Indonesia with a delegation to study drinking water and sanitation projects; attended World Trade Organisation (W.T.O.) at Seathe Ciatel in 1999
Other Information
Chairman, (i) Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Housing Federation Ltd., 1984; (ii) House Committee on Misappropriation of Irrigation Wells in Adilabad District; (iii) House Committee on Misappropriation of Scholarships in Andhra Christian College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; (iv) House Committee on Misappropriation of Scholarships in B.C. Hostels in Andhra Pradesh; and (v) House Committee on Extensions given to Kesoram Convents by the APSEB; Hon. President, (i) Andhra Pradesh Villages Servants Association; and (ii) Bar Association Kotabomali Srikakulam District ; Director, State Finance Corporation, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad; Executive Member, Inter Parliamentary Union (I.P.U.); Member, (i) State Telugu Desam Co-ordination Committee; (ii) Srikakulam District Teachers Selection Committee; (iii) Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation; (iv) ONGC, Natural Gas Blow Out Fact Finding Committee; (v) Semi-Precious Stones Fact Finding Committee; (vi) State Level Prohibition Advisory Committee; (vii) Central Railways; and (viii) Central Silk Board, 1998-99
