K. Keshava Rao
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K. Keshava Rao | |
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Dharmapuri Srinivas | |
| Deputy Chairman Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 1979–1980 | |
| Chairman | Syed Mukasheer Shah |
| Leader of the House | Marri Chenna Reddy |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Chairman | Syed Mukasheer Shah |
| Leader of the House | Marri Chenna Reddy |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kancherla Keshava Rao 4 April 1939 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (2024- present) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse | Vasanta Kumari |
| Children | 4; including Gadwal Vijayalakshmi |
| Residence(s) | 312, Telangana Bhawan, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Osmania University Badruka College |
| Occupation | Political and Social Worker, Journalist and Educationist |
| Source: [1] | |
Kancherla Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK (born 4 June 1939), is an Indian politician from the
Personal life
He was born to K. Niranjan Rao and Govindamma in
Career
He started his career as a journalist, actor producer after a short stint as teacher at Mahboob College MP High School. He was editor of The Daily News, a popular daily in English, printed from Hyderabad. He had his apprentice in the Indian Express, Vijayawada and The Patriot, Delhi. His writings were well received. He opposed the Emergency (1975–77), particularly the censorship of the media and The Daily News was blacklisted for it.
Rao has been a senior Congressmen, holding many high positions in the Party and Government. He and was elected as the President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (2005) and was later made the member of the Congress Working Committee, All India Congress Committee (AICC), in the year 2009. He was put in charge of Party affairs in four States: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[clarification needed]
Rao was a Cabinet Minister in the three consecutive governments in the state of Andhra Pradesh, holding important portfolios like Education, Industry and Labor. Earlier Keshava Rao was Dy Chairman of the Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to legislative council for two terms from Graduates constituency. He was also Chairman of the Minimum Wages Board and chairman of Rajiv Gandhi Technology Mission with cabinet rank.
He was elected to Rajya Sabha 2006–12.[citation needed] He was a great protagonist of Telangana and had Leftist leanings. In May 2013, Keshava Rao quit Indian National Congress, of which he was a senior person, as the party did not meet the deadline to take a decision on the issue of creation of a separate state of Telangana. He later joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional Party which was spearheading the movement for creation of a separate state, along with two other members of Parliament. He was appointed as the Secretary General of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and its chairman of national affairs, as second in command. Dr. Rao was elected to Rajya sabha in 2014 from TRS Party for a six-year term. He was nominated as the Chairman (Leader) of the TRS Parliamentary Party, which was the eighth largest party in the Parliament with 12 members.
Rao was a prominent student leader and held elected positions both at the university and national level. He is a trade union leader. He led many peoples' movements like Backward classes and civil rights. Rao courted arrests by police many times and suffered detentions. He was a prominent politician, who was tipped for Chief Minister position in the first decade of this century, as quoted by Times of India and the local newspapers and TV channels.
He was the producer and screenplay writer of a National Award-winning feature film in Telugu, Nimajjanam in 1979.
In Parliament
- Member, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) (May 2006 - July 2009)
- Member, Committee on Commerce (June 2006 - May 2009) and (Aug. 2009 - 2010)
- Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs (June 2006 - May 2009)
- Member, Board of Governors, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (June 2006 - April 2012)
- Member, Press Council of India (July 2006-Jan. 2011)
- Member, Committee on Rules (May 2008 - Sept. 2010)
- Member, Committee on Human Resource Development (May 2008 - May 2009) and (Aug. 2010 - April 2012)
- Member, Court of the University of Hyderabad (July 2008 - July 2011)
- Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs (Aug. 2009 - April 2012)
- Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Sept. 2014–Present))
- Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (Oct. 2014 onwards)
- Member, Rajya Sabha's Forum on Panchayati Raj (Feb. 2016 onwards)
Books published
- New Deal to Education, 1984
- Social Philosophy in Recent Indian Thought, 1987
Awards
- Global Association of Universal Peace (GAUP) announced its inaugural International Prize to Dr. Kancherla Kheshava Rao garu.
References
- ^ "Subbarami Reddy, Keshava Rao elected to Rajya Sabha from Andhra". Business Standard. IANS. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ India, The Hans (19 March 2020). "K Keshava Rao, Suresh Reddy elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hans India.
- ^ The New Indian Express (29 March 2024). "K Keshava Rao leaves BRS floundering, to join Congress". Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.