Jalagam Venkat Rao

Jalagam Venkat Rao (born 28 July 1968) is ex member of the legislative assembly representing Kothagudem (Assembly constituency).[1] He won the 2004 elections from Sathupalli constituency. He holds the position of Parliamentary Secretary.

Jalagam Venkat Rao
జలగం వెంకట రావు
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2014-2018
ConstituencyKothagudem (Assembly constituency)
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2004 - 2009
ConstituencySathupalle (SC) (Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Born (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968
Khammam, Telangana
ResidenceKothagudem

Early life

He was born to 5th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Jalagam Vengal Rao in Khammam in Khammam district. He has an elder brother, Jalagam Prasada Rao, a former minister. He did his Bachelor of Science in Computer science in 1990 from University of Maryland, USA.

Career

He was a technocrat and was running a software company in Hyderabad, VJ Info.[2]

Political career

Jalagam Venkat Rao was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, representing the INC for the same constituency, Sathupalle (SC) (Assembly constituency), just as his father.[3][4]

TRS

He won as an MLA from Kothagudem assembly constituency in 2014 general elections, the first and the only TRS legislator from the Khammam district.[5]

References
  1. State will set up steel plant at Bayyaram: KTR - The Hindu
  2. The Hindu Business Line : AP result — Mixed reactions from technology sector
  3. "Jalagam Vengala Rao remembered". The Hindu. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. "MLAs". Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  5. Kothagudem MLA inspects check dam
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