DRONAMRAJU, SHRI SATYANARAYANA :

DRONAMRAJU, SHRI SATYANARAYANA

Intermediate; I.N.C. (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri Appala Narasimham; b. at Chinamushidivada, Visakhapatnam, December 19, 1933; ed. at M.R.College,Vizianagaram; m. Shrimati Savitri, 1956 (since deceased), again married Shrimati Parvathi, 1980; 4 s. and 2 d.

Agriculturist; joined Students' Congress in the year 1947; associated with (i) Firka development activities in 1956, (ii) Bharat Sevak Samaj and (iii) participated in Sramadan for the development of rural areas; organised, Civic Welfare Association of Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, 1973; worked as Village Officer, Village Juttada, District Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 1952-70; Sarpanch, Village Chinamushidivada, 1970; President, (i) District Youth Congress Committee, Visakhapatnam, 1963-65; (ii) Andhra Pradesh Village Officers' Confederation since 1976, (iii) Visakhapatnam Port and Dock Workers' Union, (iv) Dock Labour Board National Employees' Union, (v) Hindustan Polymers Employees' Union, Visakhapatnam, (vi) District Congress Committee, Visakhapatnam, 1978-82, (vii) Taluk Village Officers' Association, 1952-55 and (viii) Hindustan Petroleum Employees Union, Visakhapatnam; Vice-President, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, 1987-94; Chairman, (i) Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, 1978-80, (ii) Visakhapatnam Zilla Parishad, 1981-84 and (iii) A. P. Congress Campaign Committee since 1994; General Secretary, (i) District Village Officers' Association, 1956-62, (ii) Andhra State Village Officers' Association, 1964-76 and (iii) South India Village Officers' Confederation, 1974-79; Joint Secretary, State Village Officers' Association, 1962-64; Secretary, (i) Firka Village Officers' Association, Pendurthi, 1950-53 and (ii) Taluk Village Officers' Association, 1953-60; Organising Secretary, (i) District Congress Committee, 1967-72 and (ii) A. P. Congress Committee, 1984-87; was Member, (i) Standing Committee, Pendurthi Panchayat Samithi, 1959-64, (ii) PCC and AICC, 1990-92, (iii) Lok Sabha, 1977, (iv) Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1980, (v) Committee on Urban and Rural Development, 1993-95 (vi) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, (vii) Committee on Subordinate Legislation, 1993-94, (viii) Committee on Agriculture, 1994-96 and (ix) Consultative Committee, (a) Ministry of Surface Transport, 1977-79, (b) Communications, 1977-79 and (c) Shipping and Transport, 1977-79; Member, (i) Committee on Railways, (ii) House Committee, (iii) Cotton Corporation, (iv) Governing Body, Hyderabad Central University and (v) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 1996-97; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1988 and re-elected in April, 1994.

Clubs : President, Pendurthi Lions Club.

Travels abroad : U.S.A., U.K. and Yugoslavia.

Publications : Gramodyog (History of Village Administration).

Special interest : Cultural activities.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading.

Permanent addresss : Plot No. 11, Doctors Colony, Pedawaltair, District Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.