Dharmapuri Arvind (born 25 August 1976) is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Nizamabad, Telangana. He played first-class cricket match for

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in 1995/96. He is the youngest of two sons of D. Srinivas who served as a three time

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MLA from Nizamabad.

Early life and background

Aravind's father D. Srinivas served as a Member of Parliament (

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) and a minister for the state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. His father also served as the president of

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. His grandfather, Dharmapuri Venkat Ram, was a member of

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. Arvind's family belongs to the

Munnuru Kapu Munnuru Kapu is a caste in Telangana, India. Prior to the establishment of Telangana as a state separate from that of Andhra Pradesh, of which previously it had been a region, there were four different Kapu communities in the various districts ...

community, which is categorized as an

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by the Indian government.

Cricket career

Aravind represented

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, under 19, 21, 23, 25 segments, Moin-ud-Dowlah and also for Under-19

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as an Opening Batsman.

Political career

He defeated former TRS MP

K. Kavitha Kalvakuntla Kavitha (born 13 March 1978) is an Indian politician who currently serves as an MLC from Nizamabad since 2020. She is a member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi party. She represented as an Member of Parliament from Nizamabad Lok Sabha ...

, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister,

K. Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Ras ...

while defeating world record 184 candidates from Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency. Arvind played a key role in establishing a regional Centre of the Spices Board in Nizamabad. In February 2020, the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal announced the regional centre with an

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as its director. The board is tasked to provide necessary assistance to the turmeric farmers, bringing them some relief.

Philanthropy

Arvind founded the Arvind Dharmapuri Foundation, a personal initiative, in the year 2013 to save critically ill impoverished

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under the age of 12. The Foundation is marching towards 200 cases, and its services go uninterrupted irrespective of his

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milieu.

Key positions held

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arvind, Dharmapuri 1976 births Living people Indian cricketers Hyderabad cricketers People from Nizamabad, Telangana India MPs 2019–present Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana