Galla Aruna Kumari

Galla Aruna Kumari
Minister for Mines & Geology
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
24 November 2010 – 21 February 2014
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterNallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded byVijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla
Succeeded byOffice Dissolved
Minister of Roads Buildings
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
25 May 2009 – 23 November 2010
GovernorN. D. Tiwari
Chief MinisterY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Preceded byT. Jeevan Reddy
Succeeded byPithani Satyanarayana
Minister of Medical Education & Health Insurance
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009
GovernorSurjit Singh Barnala
Sushilkumar Shinde
Rameshwar Thakur
N. D. Tiwari
Chief MinisterY.S.Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded byN. M. D. Farooq
Nagam Janardhan Reddy
Succeeded byDanam Nagender
Sake Sailajanath
Member of Legislative Assembly
United Andhra Pradesh
In office
1999–2014
Preceded byNara Ramamurthy Naidu
Succeeded byUnited Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided
ConstituencyChandragiri
In office
1989–1994
Preceded byN. R. Jayadeva Naidu
Succeeded byNara Ramamurthy Naidu
ConstituencyChandragiri
Personal details
Born (1944-08-01) 1 August 1944 (age 80)
Diguvamagham, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
(2014 - present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(1989 - 2014)
SpouseGalla Ramachandra Naidu
ChildrenJayadev Galla
Parent
Residence(s)Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India
In this Telugu name, the surname is Galla.

Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India[1] and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency.[2] On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party.[3]

Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies.[4][5] She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister [6] in the first term of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, Aarogyasri. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in Telugu.

  1. ^ "Profile – Smt Aruna Kumari". Andhra Pradesh Govt. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. ^ "AP Assembly election results". Indian-Elections.com. pp. row 148. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Former Congress Minister Aruna Kumari Galla joins TDP with her Son". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Amara Raja Batteries Limited". amararaja.co.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. ^ Open Heart With RK – AP TDP Minister Galla Aruna Kumari – Full Episode. YouTube. 11 December 2011.[dead YouTube link]
  6. ^ "IMA bats for Galla Aruna". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.