Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju

Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju, also known as Kalavapudi Siva, is an Indian politician and member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Undi (his Assembly constituency).[1]

Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju
Born	1970 Kalavapudi, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Bachelor of Commerce
Alma mater	Andhra University
Occupation	Politician, Businessman
Years active	2009 - present
Title	Representative
Term	2009-present
Predecessor	Pathapati Sarraju
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)	Smt. V. V. Aruna Kumari
Children	Shruthi Keerthi, Sravya Gayatri, Abhi Rama Vama

Biography

Political career

In 2009 he was elected as a representative from the Undi constituency in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 42.07% of the votes, a majority of 15,568 votes. He ran again in the 2014 general elections and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly from the Undi constituency with a vote share of 58.21% and a majority of 36,231 votes, one of the highest majority in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh general elections.

Personal life

Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju was born on 10 May 1970 in a small village of Kalavapudi in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Siva attended primary and secondary schooling in Eluru at St. Xavier’s High school graduating in 1984. He went to Bhimavaram for his higher education and completed his intermediate education at Kasturibhai Government Junior College. He received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Dantuluri Natrayana Raju College (D.N.R. College - Andhra University) Bhimavaram, in 1989.

He is an active director of VEM Technologies Private Limited which operates in assembly and systems integration for aerospace and defense systems.[2][3]

Awards

Vetukuri Venkata Sivarama Raju was awarded the Bharatiya Chaatra Samsad Foundation, Pune’s Adarsh Yuva Vidhayak Puraskar. Bharatiya Chaatra Samsad Foundation has invited Mr. Raju to address at its sixth annual convention. According to a press release, Mr. Raju had organised installation of 78 RO water plants in 70 villages. Under Neeru-Chettu programme, nearly 30,000 tree guards were provided. The significant initiative is distribution of seed packets with 17 types of seed to 70,000 families.[4]

Political Statistics

Elections

Election No.	Year	Assembly Constituency	Opponent	Total Votes	Margin	Result
1	2009	Undi	Pathapati Sarraju (INC)	68,102	15,658	WON
2	2014	Undi	Pathapati Sarraju (YSRCP)	101,530	36,231	WON

References

1. "Election Candidates". Andhra Pradesh Government. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
2. "Afadavit,Form 26" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
3. "VEM". VEM Technologies PVT. LTD. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
4. "Undi MLA bags award". The Hindu. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2019.