Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
Biographical Sketch of Member of XI Lok Sabha




 

MURTHY, SHRI K.S.R.
I.N.C. - AMALAPURAM (SC)(ANDHRA PRADESH)

Father's Name: Shri K.P. Raju Date of Birth: 30 May 1935 Place of Birth: Kakinada in Distt. East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) Marital Status: Married on 18 May 1960 Spouse's Name: Smt. K. Anasuya Murthy Children: Two sons and one daughter Educational Qualifications :
M.A. Educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Profession :
Civil and Military Service, Political and Social Worker, Teacher and Educationist Permanent Address :
'Anasuya'; C-10, Vikrampuri, Secunderabad-500 003, (Andhra Pradesh) Tel. (040) 816655 Fax. (040) 868022 Position Held :
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) Social and Cultural Activities :
Trustee, Damodaran Sanjeevayya Memorial Trust; Managing Trustee, Smt. K. Anasuya Murthy Sewa Samithi; initiated the construction of 2,000 low cost houses and 2,000 latrines for the benefit of those belonging to below poverty line; helped 106 scheduled caste unemployed youth to be self-employed by assisting them in loan sanctions worth Rs. 1.25 crore; also worked for arranging the finance for solving drinking water problem Special Interests :
Poverty alleviation through construction of low cost houses, toilets, abolition of illiteracy, family planning, mobilising students to take up these activities during holidays Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Photography, lectures, reading and writing Sports and Clubs :
Tennis and badminton Countries Visited :
Canada, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A. Other Information :
Believes in the universality of religion as propagated by Swami Vivekananda, i.e. 'work is worship'; also believes in the philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar; Lecturer in English, A.M.A.L. College, Anakapalle, 1957; in I.I.T. Kharagpur, 1958; Asstt. Collector 1959-60; Sub-Collector, Penukonda, Anantapur West,1961; Under-Secretary, Industries, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 1962; Sub- Collector, Rajampet, Andhra Pradesh, 1963; Settlement Officer, Nellore, 1964; Joint Collector, Hyderabad, 1965; Dy. Secretary, Industrial Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi 1965-71; Resident-Director, Indian Investment Centre, London, 1971-74; Collector and District Magistrate, Hyderabad, 1974; Joint- Secretary to Govt. General Admn. Deptt., Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1974-78; Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Small Scale Industrial Corpn., 1978-80; Secretary, Small Scale Industries, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1980-81; Vice- Chairman and Managing-Director A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corpn. Hyderabad, 1981-82; Secretary, Panchyati Raj, 1982-84; Secretary, Education, Govt.of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 1984-85; Director-General, Public Enterprises Management Board Andhra Pradesh 1985-86; Principal-Secretary, Transport Roads, Buildings, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh 1986-89; Principal-Secretary Industries, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 1989-90;Special Chief Secretary to Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 1990-92; Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Welfare, 1992-93 Election result of :
Amalapuram-SC Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate9,08,492 Total votes polled6,37,642 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri K.S.R. Murthy (I.N.C.)2,45,477 (2) Shri Balayogi G.M.C. (T.D.P.)2,16,346 (3) Shri Babu Mohan Palli [N.T.R.T.D.P.(LP)]1,43,718 (4) Shri Ayyaji Vema Manepalli (B.J.P.) 6,263