Galla Aruna Kumari

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]

Galla Aruna Kumari
Minister for Health and Education
In office 2004–2009
Chief Minister	Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1989–1994
Constituency	Chandragiri
In office 1999–2014
Constituency	Chandragiri
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-01) 1 August 1944 Diguvamagham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party (2014 - present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2014)
Spouse	Galla Ramachandra Naidu
Children	Jayadev Galla
Parent	Paturi Rajagopala Naidu (father)
Residence(s)	Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India

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.