Name of Member: Shri Parvathaneni Upendra
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11,12
Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha
UPENDRA, SHRI PARVATHANENI
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - VIJAYAWADA (ANDHRA PRADESH)]
Father's Name Late Shri P. Dasaratharamaiah
Date of Birth 14 July 1936
Place of Birth Pothunuru, Distt. West Godavari
(Andhra Pradesh)
Marital Status Married on 4 January 1956
Spouse's Name Smt. P. Vasundhara
Children Three sons and one daughter
Educational Qualifications
M.A. (English Literature), Post Graduate Diplomas in Public
Administration and Journalism
Educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh), University College, Chennai
(Tamil Nadu) and Indian Institute of Public
Administration, New Delhi
Profession
Journalist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
Plot No. 319, Road No. 25, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad-500034
Tels. (040) 247100, 247000
Present Address
11, Akbar Road,
New Delhi-110011
Tels. (011) 3017686, 3793298
Positions Held
1983-85 General-Secretary, Telugu Desam Party
1984-96 Member, Rajya Sabha (two terms)
1984-88 Member, Committee on Rules
1984-89 and Member, General Purposes Committee
1994-96
1984-91 Leader, Telugu Desam Party in Parliament
1985-96 Member, Railway Convention Committee
1986-90 Member, Business Advisory Committee
1988-91 Secretary, National Front
1989-90 Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary
Affairs; and Information and Broadcasting
1994-96 Chairman, Committee on Human Resource Development
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97 Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Member, Committee on Defence
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998-99 Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Committee on Defence and its
Sub-Committee-II
Member, Committee on Members of Parliament
Local Area Development Scheme
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Human Resource Development
Books Published
Gatham-Swagatham (in Telugu) on political events during
1982-92
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Contributed articles to various newspapers and journals
and a chapter entitled 'The Ramlal Episode' in the book,
"Governor"; Editor of the Railways' English monthly journal,
'Indian Railways', 1974-82
Social and Cultural Activities
Established a number of educational institutions, libraries and
adult education centres for workers in Calcutta and suburbs,
1961-74; Member, Managing Committee, Andhra Education Society,
Delhi; Founder, Democratic Students' Union, Andhra Pradesh;
Vice-President (i) Andhra Association, Delhi; and (ii) Indian
Council for Cultural Relations since 1996; and Patron of several
social and cultural organisations
Special Interests
Social service, political lectures, education, culture,
information and planning
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, music and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Member, India International Centre, New Delhi and Goa
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation
led by the Hon'ble Speaker, Shri G.M.C. Balayogi, Turkey,
1998
Other Information
Belongs to 'Freedom Fighters' family; associated with
and office bearer of a number of social and cultural
organisations since student days; actively participated
in the Satyagraha for separate Andhra State and was
arrested in Bhimavaram in 1952; organised relief
work by the student groups during Godavari floods,
1953-54; was actively associated with Consumer
Cooperative Movement in West Bengal for a long time;
Chairman, Calcutta Wholesale Consumers Cooperative Society
Ltd. for a year and its Director for six years; was honoured
by (i) West Bengal Government for his role in maintaining
communal harmony in Calcutta; (ii) conferred three special awards
by the Government of India for meritorious services; was Joint
Director, Public Relations, Railway Board and Public Relations
Officer, South Eastern Railway; General-Secretary, (i) Greater
Calcutta Andhra Samiti; and (ii) North Regional Committee of the
World Telugu Conference, 1975; and Special Assistant to the
Minister of Railways, 1977-79
Election Result of
Vijayawada Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 13,45,747
Total votes polled 9,08,659
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Parvathaneni Upendra (I.N.C.) 4,05,062
(2) Shri Jai Ramesh Dasari (T.D.P.) 3,74,995
(3) Shri Vadde Ramakrishna Prasad (B.J.P.) 1,04,630
(4) Shri Nalluri Subba Rao (Ind.) 3,721
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