Kollu Ravindra

Kollu Ravindra
Kollu Ravindra
Minister for Law & justice; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Chief Minister(s)	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa; K. E. Krishnamurthy;
Seat	Andhra Pradesh Secretariat,Amaravati
Member of	Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
Minister for Skill development ,Youth & Sports; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Chief Minister(s)	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa; K. E. Krishnamurthy;
Minister for unemployment benefits & NRI empowerment & relations; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Chief Minister(s)	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa; K. E. Krishnamurthy;
Member of the Legislative Assembly; Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2014–2019
Speaker	Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
Deputy Speaker	Mandali Buddha Prasad
Leader of Andhra Pradesh legislature .	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy leader(s) of Andhra Pradesh legislarure	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa; K. E. Krishnamurthy;
Preceded by	Perni Venkataramaiah
Succeeded by	Perni Venkataramaiah
Constituency	Machilipatnam
Politburo Member; Telugu Desam Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2020
President	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Personal details
Born	Machilipatnam, Krishna District , Andhra Pradesh , India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Children	02
Parent	Kollu Subba Rao (father)
Residence(s)	Machilipatnam , Andhra Pradesh
Alma mater	B.A (Ambedkar open University), B.L.Hindu college ( Nagarjuna University )
Occupation	Politician
Portfolio	Former Cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh state

Kollu Ravindra is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who served as MLA for Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) from 2014 until his defeat in 2019. He has also held cabinet ministerial position during his tenure as an MLA.[1]

Early life

Kollu Ravindra was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District. He belongs to the fishermen community (Agnikula Kshatriya).[2] He entered into politics in 1998 & became TDP youth president of machilipatnam .

Political life

Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of the Telugu Desam Party in Machilipatnam, a position he held for ten years. He was then given the TDP ticket in Machilipatnam for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the Congress candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes.[3] He then entered the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment. Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations.[4][5]

In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.

Personal life

Kollu Ravindra is married and having two sons. His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.[6]

As Minister

In February 2019 Kollu Ravindra launched Youth for Andhra mobile app.

In July 2018 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated APNRT Migrant Resource building in guntur district.

In June 2018 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated Cargo services in Gannavaram international airport.

In May 2018 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated naipunya at Mangalagiri.

In February 2017 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated National Handloom Exhibition in Guntur.

Kollu Ravindra also done some of the developmental activities in his constituency.

References

"Kollu Ravindra". nocorruption.in. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
K Kalyan Krishna Kumar (29 March 2019). "YSRC fate depends on how Kapus vote in port segment". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
"Sitting and previous MLAs from Machilipatnam Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
"Portfolios allocated to new AP ministers; Lokesh gets IT and". Outlook. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
"Council of Ministers". AP State Portal. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
"Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

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[1] "Kollu Ravindra". nocorruption.in. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[2] K Kalyan Krishna Kumar (29 March 2019). "YSRC fate depends on how Kapus vote in port segment". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

[3] "Sitting and previous MLAs from Machilipatnam Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[4] "Portfolios allocated to new AP ministers; Lokesh gets IT and". Outlook. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[5] "Council of Ministers". AP State Portal. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[6] "Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.