Biography

BHUPATHIRAJU, SHRI VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU

[T.D.(V)* – Narsapur (Andhra Pradesh)]

1964 & 1981

1967-78

1984

1984-89

1989

19 Jan., 1990

1 May, 1990

3 Aug., 1990

1990

1991

17th September, 1936

Bhimavaram in Distt. West Godavari (Andhra
Pradesh)

Married on 13th May, 1954

Smt. Kantha Kamala Kasturi

B.A.,

Agriculturist, Political Worker, Trader & Industrialist

Sree Rama Puram, Bhimavaram-534202 (Andhra Pradesh) Tel. 2592, 3685

100, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001 Tel. 3792156, 3010957

President, Panchayat Samiti, Vissa Koderu, Andhra Pradesh

Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 

Member, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions
Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
Member, Public Accounts Committee

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members

Member, Estimates Committee.

Member, Subject Committee on Science and Technology

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry,

Member, Court, Hyderabad University since January, 1990.

Member, Tobacco Board Since April, 1990.

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time.

Member, General Purposes Committee.

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways.

Leader, Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party for both the
Houses

Promoted a paper industry in rural area based on agricultural waste which
provided employment for about 1500 families; took active part in securing
allotment of houses and house sites to the downtrodden people and in rural
electrification in Bhimavaram constituency.

Cooperative movement

Canada, Europe, Far East countries and U.S.A.

Active trade union leader, represented Andhra Pradesh RTC and suffered
imprisonment in 1968; Director, Cooperative Sugar Factory, Palakole, 1963;
President, District Marketing Federation, 1976; Director, Cooperative Land
Mortgage Bank, Bhimavaram; Member, State Library Authorities, 1968,