Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju is an Indian politician and former member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Undi Assembly constituency.

Biography

Political career

In 2009 he was elected as a representative from the Undi constituency in the

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase (2009-04-16) and the second phase (2009-04-23) ...

with 42.07% of the votes, a majority of 15,568 votes. He ran again in the 2014 general elections and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly from the Undi constituency with a vote share of 58.21% and a majority of 36,231 votes, one of the highest majorities in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh general elections. In 2019 General elections he contested from Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency and get defeated by

Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (born 14 May 1962) is an Indian industrialist and politician who is serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha from Narasapuram constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2019 Indian general el ...

with margin of 3% votes.

Personal life

Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju was born on 10 May 1970 in a small village of Kalavapudi in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Siva attended primary and secondary schooling in Eluru at St. Xavier’s High school graduating in 1984. He went to

Bhimavaram Bhimavaram is a city and headquarters of West Godavari district of the Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bhimavaram mandal in Bhimavaram revenue division. It is a part of Bhimavaram Urban Development Aut ...

for his higher education and completed his intermediate education at Kasturibhai Government Junior College. He received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Dantuluri Natrayana Raju College (D.N.R. College - Andhra University) Bhimavaram, in 1989. He is an active director of VEM Technologies Private Limited which operates in assembly and systems integration for aerospace and defense systems.

Awards

Vetukuri Venkata Sivarama Raju was awarded the Bharatiya Chaatra Samsad Foundation, Pune’s Adarsh Yuva Vidhayak Puraskar. Bharatiya Chaatra Samsad Foundation has invited Mr. Raju to address its sixth annual convention. According to a press release, Mr. Raju had organised installation of 78 RO water plants in 70 villages. Under Neeru-Chettu programme, nearly 30,000 tree guards were provided. The significant initiative is distribution of seed packets with 17 types of seed to 70,000 families.

Political Statistics

References

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