India Inc 2019 - Who's Who
26-Jun-2019
Who's Who
India
Government

Vice-President

 

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Father's Name

 Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu

Mother's Name

 Late Shrimati Ramanamma

Date of Birth

 01/07/1949

Place of Birth

 Chavatapalem, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh

Spouse's Name

 Shrimati Muppavarapu Usha

Children

 One Son and One daughter

Educational Qualifications

 B.A., B.L. (Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)

Profession

 Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social worker

Present Address

 Vice-President House, 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi - 110011

Hobbies

 Reading, Educating and motivating people

Countries visited

 U.S.A., U.K., Malaysia, Singapore, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Mauritius, Maldives, Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Spain, Egypt and Germany.

Other Information

 Chairman, Students' Union at College and also in University; Imprisoned under MISA during the emergency, 1975-77;

Contact Details

Vice President's House, 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi - 110 011

 

 

Positions held:

  • 1971: President, Students' Union, V.R. College, Nellore
  • 1973-74: President, Students Union, Andhra University Colleges
  • 1974:Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh
  • 1977-80: President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
  • 1978-83 & 1983-85: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
  • 1980-83: Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India B.J.P.
  • 1980-85: Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh
  • 1985-88: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.
  • 1988-93: President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of B.J.P.
  • 1993 -2000: General Secretary, All India B.J.P.
  • 1996 - 2000: Secretary (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, & (ii) BJP Central Election Committee, and (iii) Spokesperson, BJP
  • April 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (1st term)
  • 1998 - 99: Member, Committee on Home Affairs and Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture
  • 1998 - 2001 & 2005 - 2013: Member, Tobacco Board
  • 1999 - 2000: Member, Committee on Finance
  • Jan 2000: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development
  • 2000 (Sept) -2002 (June): Minister of Rural Development, Government of India
  • 2002 (July) - 2004 (Oct): National President, B.J.P.
  • 2004 (Jan) - 2004 (Feb): Member, Committee on External Affairs
  • June 2004: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (2nd term)
  • 2004 - 06: Member, Standing Committee on Finance
  • 2005: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • 2006 - 2008: Chairman, Committee on Petitions (Rajya Sabha)
  • 2006 onwards: Member, (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, and (ii) BJP Central Election Committee
  • 2008 - 2014: Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs (Rajya Sabha)
  • June 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha in June, 2010 from Karnataka (3rd term)
  • 2011 (Dec) - 2014 (May): Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management
  • 26 May 2014 - 5 July, 2016: Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs ;
  • June, 2016 - Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (4th term)
  • 6th July, 2016 - 17 July 2017: Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Information and Broadcasting.

Other interests: Agriculture, social work and writing articles in newspapers on the subjects of political and public interest; motivating voluntary organizations and involving and guiding constructive works in the fields of agriculture, health, animal care, vocational training, education etc.

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Comments:
Srikari V.
15 Jul 2023 10:47
Absolutely great person