Rao, Dr. Kavuri Samba Siva Constituency   : Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC) Email Address : (i) ks[DOT]rao[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in (ii)pa_mpeluru[AT]yahoo[DOT]com

Father’s Name Shri Raghavaiah Date of Birth 02 Oct 1943 Place of Birth Dosapadu, Distt. Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 17 Jun 1965 Spouse’s Name Smt. Hemalata No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications B.E. Educated at Regional Engineering College, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh Profession Agriculturist Engineer, Industrialist, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address (i) Matruratna, 6-3-251/7/3 A&B, Balapura, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500 482 Andhra Pradesh Tels. (040) 23392280, 23398402 (ii) Office: 7th Floor, Raghava North Block, Raghavaratna Towers, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad – 500 001, Andhra Pradesh Tels. (040) 23204684, 23204685, 23204686 Present Address 17, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110 003 Tels. (011) 23061385, 23063779 (O) 24629241, 24629242, 24629243 (R) 9868180648, 09490218999 (M) Fax. (011) 23061575 (O) Positions Held

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha

1985 Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I) [A.I.C.C.(I)]

Member, A.I.C.C.

1985-87 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

1985-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

1987-89 Member, Committee on Estimates

1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1989-90 Member, House Committee

1989-94 General-Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)

1990-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

1998 Vice-President, A.P.C.C.

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

2004-07 Member, Committee on Estimates

2004-09 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power

2006-07 Member, Rules Committee

2007-09 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy

Member, Committe on Public Accounts

Member, Committee on Energy

2010 Member, Co-Ordination Committee, Andhra Pradesh

17 Jun. 2013 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles

Social And Cultural Activities Welfare of the poor; provision of drinking water facilities by digging borewell in villages and construction of community halls in slum areas; donated a building to Andhra Mahila Sabha for a Cardiac Cathedrisation Unit; running charitable institutions for providing good education to the rural poor and for imparting professional skills to the unemployed youth; Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading and social service Countries Visited Widely travelled (40 countries); (i) Indian Delegation to U.N. General Assembly, 1987;(ii) Delegation of Friends of Soviet Union, 1987;and (iii) A.I.C.C. Delegation, China, 1991; Leader, Delegation of CIDC to China, 2007;President, Delegation of Network of Parliamentarians of World Bank (India Group) Conference to Paris, 2008;Member (i) Delegation of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, 2005; (ii) Speaker`s Delegation to China, 2006; (iii) Delegation of IPC to Vietnam, 2006; (iv) Delegation of Indo-Korean Frendship Association of Parliamentarians to DPRK, 2007; (v)Delegation of Network of Parliamentarians of World Bank to South Africa, 2007; (vi)Delegation of Parliamentrians for Global Action to Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2007; (vii) Delegation of Parliamentarians for Global Action to Abuja, Nigeria, 2007; (viii) India-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group; (ix)India-Iraq Parliamentary Friendship Group; (x) Parliamentarian meet on Climate Change at Buenos Aires, Argentina; (xi) Washington Energy Summit, 2009; (xii) Washington India-USA-Germany summit, 2009 Other Information Chairman (i) Kavuru Charitable Trust, Gudivada; (ii) Progressive Educational Trust, Hyderabad; and (iii) Oldage Home, Hyderabad; President/Patron of several Trade Unions/Employees Associations; Director, Andhra Bank, 1982-84; Member, (i) Board of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 1985-87; (ii) Court of Hyderabad University; (iii) Tobacco Board; (iv) Board of Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad; (v) Informal Consultative Committee, South Central Railway Zones; (vi) Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99; and (vii) All India Council of Technical Education (A.I.C.T.E.), 1998-99; set up institutes on science and technology, research and management etc.; engaged in construcntion of major irrigation and power projects and multi-storied urban housing complexes, etc.

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