Name of Member: Shri K.S.R. Murthy

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Amalapuram-SC (ST)(Andhra Pradesh)

Lok Sabha Experience: 11

Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

MURTHY, SHRI K.S.R.
I.N.C. - AMALAPURAM (SC)(ANDHRA PRADESH)

Father's Name	:   Shri K.P. Raju

Date of Birth	:   30 May 1935

Place of Birth	:   Kakinada in Distt. East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)

Marital Status	:   Married on 18 May 1960

Spouse's Name	:   Smt. K. Anasuya Murthy

Children	:   Two sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
	M.A.
	Educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
	(Andhra Pradesh)

Profession :
	Civil and Military Service, Political and Social Worker, Teacher 
	and Educationist

Permanent Address :
	'Anasuya'; C-10, Vikrampuri,
	Secunderabad-500 003, (Andhra Pradesh)
	Tel. (040) 816655 Fax. (040) 868022
 
Position Held :
	
    1996		Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Social and Cultural Activities :
	Trustee,  Damodaran  Sanjeevayya Memorial Trust; Managing Trustee,
	Smt. K. Anasuya Murthy Sewa Samithi; initiated the construction of 
	2,000 low cost houses and  2,000 latrines for the benefit of those
	belonging  to  below  poverty  line;  helped  106  scheduled caste 
	unemployed  youth to  be  self-employed  by assisting them in loan 
	sanctions  worth  Rs. 1.25  crore; also  worked  for arranging the 
	finance for solving drinking water problem

Special Interests :
	Poverty  alleviation  through  construction  of  low  cost houses, 
	toilets,  abolition  of  illiteracy, family  planning,  mobilising 
	students to take up these activities during holidays

Favourite Pastime and Recreation : 
	Photography, lectures, reading and writing

Sports and Clubs :
	Tennis and badminton

Countries Visited :
	Canada, China, Hong  Kong, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,  Thailand, U.K. and 
	U.S.A.

Other Information :
	Believes in the  universality  of religion as propagated by Swami 
	Vivekananda,  i.e.  'work  is  worship';  also  believes  in  the 
	philosophy  of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar;  Lecturer in  English, A.M.A.L. 
	College,  Anakapalle,  1957;  in  I.I.T.  Kharagpur, 1958; Asstt. 
	Collector 1959-60; Sub-Collector, Penukonda, Anantapur West,1961; 
	Under-Secretary, Industries, Govt. of  Andhra Pradesh, 1962; Sub-
	Collector,  Rajampet,  Andhra Pradesh, 1963;  Settlement Officer, 
	Nellore, 1964;  Joint Collector,  Hyderabad, 1965; Dy. Secretary, 
	Industrial   Development,  Govt.  of  India,  New  Delhi 1965-71; 
	Resident-Director,  Indian  Investment  Centre,  London, 1971-74; 
	Collector  and   District  Magistrate,  Hyderabad,  1974;  Joint-
	Secretary  to  Govt. General  Admn. Deptt.,  Government of Andhra 
	Pradesh,  1974-78;  Vice  Chairman &  Managing  Director,  Andhra 
	Pradesh Small Scale  Industrial Corpn., 1978-80; Secretary, Small 
	Scale  Industries,  Government of  Andhra Pradesh, 1980-81; Vice-
	Chairman  and  Managing-Director  A.P.  Industrial Infrastructure 
	Corpn.  Hyderabad, 1981-82;  Secretary,  Panchyati  Raj, 1982-84; 
	Secretary, Education, Govt.of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 1984-85; 
	Director-General,  Public   Enterprises  Management  Board Andhra 
	Pradesh 1985-86; Principal-Secretary, Transport Roads, Buildings, 
	Govt. of Andhra Pradesh  1986-89; Principal-Secretary Industries, 
	Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 1989-90;Special Chief Secretary to Govt. 
	of Andhra Pradesh, 1990-92; Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry 
	of Welfare, 1992-93

Election result of :

Amalapuram-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	9,08,492
Total votes polled	6,37,642
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri K.S.R. Murthy 		(I.N.C.)		2,45,477
(2) Shri Balayogi G.M.C. 	(T.D.P.)		2,16,346
(3) Shri Babu Mohan Palli 	[N.T.R.T.D.P.(LP)]	1,43,718
(4) Shri Ayyaji Vema Manepalli  (B.J.P.)		   6,263

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