Galla Aruna Kumari Explained

Galla Aruna Kumari
Birth Date:1 August 1944
Birth Place:Diguvamagham, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Residence:Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India
Office1:Minister for Mines & Geology
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
Term Start1:24 November 2010
Term End1:21 February 2014
Governor1:E. S. L. Narasimhan
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Predecessor1:Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla
Successor1:Office Dissolved
Office2:Minister of Roads Buildings
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
Term Start2:25 May 2009
Term End2:23 November 2010
Governor2:N. D. Tiwari
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Predecessor2:T. Jeevan Reddy
Successor2:Pithani Satyanarayana
Office3:Minister of Medical Education & Health Insurance
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
Term Start3:14 May 2004
Term End3:20 May 2009
Governor3:Surjit Singh Barnala
Sushilkumar Shinde
Rameshwar Thakur
N. D. Tiwari
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy
Predecessor3:N. M. D. Farooq
Nagam Janardhan Reddy
Successor3:Danam Nagender
Sake Sailajanath
Office4:Member of Legislative Assembly
United Andhra Pradesh
Term Start4:1999
Term End4:2014
Predecessor4:Nara Ramamurthy Naidu
Successor4:United Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided
Constituency4:Chandragiri
Term Start5:1989
Term End5:1994
Predecessor5:N. R. Jayadeva Naidu
Successor5:Nara Ramamurthy Naidu
Constituency5:Chandragiri
Party:Telugu Desam Party
Otherparty:Indian National Congress
Children:Jayadev Galla
Nationality:Indian
Father:Paturi Rajagopala Naidu

Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India[1] and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency.[2] On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party.[3]

Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies.[4] [5] She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister [6] in the first term of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, Aarogyasri. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in Telugu.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile – Smt Aruna Kumari . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202202056/http://portal.ap.gov.in/Government/Lists/Council%20of%20Ministers/DispForm.aspx?ID=24 . dead . 2009-02-02 . Andhra Pradesh Govt . 2009-07-13 .
  2. Web site: AP Assembly election results. Indian-Elections.com. row 148. 2009-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090520082135/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/andhrapradesh-results-09.html. 20 May 2009. dead.
  3. Web site: Former Congress Minister Aruna Kumari Galla joins TDP with her Son. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. 8 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Amara Raja Batteries Limited. amararaja.co.in. 12 August 2009. 3 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170603212811/https://amararaja.co.in/. dead.
  5. Open Heart With RK – AP TDP Minister Galla Aruna Kumari – Full Episode. 11 December 2011. YouTube.
  6. News: IMA bats for Galla Aruna . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114150948/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/10/stories/2009011053810300.htm . dead . 2012-01-14 . Chennai, India . . 2009-01-10.