BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

RUMANDLA, SHRI RAMACHANDRAIAH

Hindi Vidwan, B.A.; T.D. (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri R. Venkappa and Shrimati R. Narasamma; b. at Mahabubnagar, June 6, 1950; ed. at, (i) Osmania University and (ii) Hindi Prachar Sabha, Hyderabad; m. Shrimati R. Padma, 1976; 1 s.

Businessman; worked as a teacher (Grade II Hindi Pandit) in Government High School, Mahabubnagar for 14 years; was Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Weavers' Cooperative Society (APCO), Hyderabad (three times); was General Secretary, All India Koumi Ekta Committee, Mahabubnagar;was Director, (i) Andhra Pradesh Weavers' Cooperative Society (APCO), Hyderabad (three times) and (ii) Andhra Pradesh Backward Classes Finance Corporation; Member,(i) Committee on Commerce and (ii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Textiles; elected to the Rajya Sa bha in April, 1998.

Special interest: Working for the uplift of Backward Classes and development of handloom.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading books on social issues.

Permanent address: (i)H.No. 1-7-140/1, Vivekanandnagar, Mahabubnagar and (ii) House No. 2-2-647/68, Ground Floor, Varalaxmi Apartment, Central Excise Colony, Hyderabad.