Biographical Sketch
RAMAIAH, SHRI BOLLA BULLI TELUGU DESAM - ELURU (ANDHRA PRADESH)B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Tech.), M. Sc. (Engg.) A.M.P., Harvard (U.S.A.), Doctorate in Pub. Admn. (U.S.A.) Educated at Andhra University (Andhra Pradesh); Wisconsin, Harvard and World (Round-Table) Universities (U.S.A.)
Father's Name: Shri Bolla Veera Venkanna Date of Birth: 9 July 1926 Place of Birth : Vill. Tatipaka in Taluk Raole (Andhra Pradesh) Marital Status : Married on 6 May 1947 Spouse's Name: Late Smt. Bolla Venkata Ramanamma Children: One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications :
Profession :Technologist, Political and Social Worker, Trader and Industrialist, Management Consultant, Economist and Agriculturist
Permanent Address :Published technical articles in journals and magazines
Venkatarayapuram Tanuku-534215, Distt. West Godawari (Andhra Pradesh) Tels. (08819) 24168, 24911, 24556 Positions Held :
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1985-86Member, Estimates Committee 1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time July 1996 onwardsMinister of State (Independent Charge), Commerce Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Social and Cultural Activities :Rendered community services like relief operations connected with eye camps, anti-polio campaign, flood relief; Member, Sree Pendyala Venkatakrishna Rangaraya Memorial Trust, Dommeru; arranged rescue and relief operations for flood victims during Tanuku floods in October, 1983
Special Interests :Public finance, fiscal studies, science and industrial technology, progress and research in engineering
Sports and Clubs :President, Tanuku Rotary Club
Countries Visited :Widely travelled; Leader, XVI and XVII Congress of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists, held in Brazil and Manila respectively; attended ISA Seminar at Pitsburg, U.S.A.
Other Information :Worked and contributed financial aid for the establishment and maintenance of higher technical and professional institutions such as polytechnic at Tanuku, Medical College at Kakinada, Engineering College at Vijayawada; Managing Director, Andhra Sugar Ltd.; Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation and South Indian Sugar Mills Association; President, The Sugar Technologists Association of India; Patron, The Sugar Technologists Association of India, Kanpur, and the South Indian Sugarcane and Sugar Technologists Association, Madras; Member, Society for Advancement of Electro-Chemical Science and Technology, Karaikudi; Energy Sub-Committee, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Electric Power Problems Committee, Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hyderabad; Indian Sugar Mills Association, Executive Committee, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhopal; Research Advisory Council, Bhopal; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Steering Committee, ISSCT Constitutional Review Development Council for Sugar Industry, DGTD; Governing Body, Medical College, Kakinada; Engineering College, Vijayawada; Associate Member, Society of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Nominated Member, Court of JNU for three years; pioneered industrial complex for fertilisers, agro-chemicals, plastic chemicals and farm chemicals; specialised and acquired distinctions in Sugar Technology; developed industrial process for manufacture of chlorosulphonic acid, aspirin, percolation type diffusers, sugar industry and new simultaneous process for ethyl acetate from ethyl alcohol and acetic acid and acetic anhydride from alcohol
Election Result :
Eluru Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate11,18,637 Total votes polled7,95,079 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Bolla Bulli Ramaiah (T.D.P.)3,33,167 (2) Shri Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) (I.N.C.)3,31,532 (3) Shri Pentapati Pullarao [N.T.R.T.D.P.(LP)]94,909 (4) Shri Chintalapati Prasada Murthy Raju (S.A.P.)9,126