G. Vivekanand

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Dr. Vivek Venkatswamy
Member of Parliament
In office
2009 to 2014
Preceded byG Venkatswamy
Succeeded byBalka Suman
ConstituencyPeddapalli
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Saroja
ChildrenVritika, , Vaishnavi, Venkat
ResidenceHyderabad

G. Vivekanand, also known as G. Vivek Venkatswamy, is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and former Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha. He represented Peddapalli parliamentary constituency.[1]

On 9 August 2019 he joined in Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] [3]

Early life[]

Dr. Vivek venkatswamy is the youngest son of veteran Indian National Congress member and former Member of Parliament G. Venkat Swamy and Kalavathi. He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet and did his medicine, M.B.B.S, from Osmania Medical College. He belongs to Mala community.

Career[]

G. Vivek was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Peddapalli Constituency, after his father did not run the election. He was a member of coal committee and steel committee. Formerly he is the adviser to the State Government of Telangana for Inter-State relations.

He is the Vice Chairman of Visaka industries. He runs popular 24/7 Telugu news channel V6 News and a Telugu daily news paper Velugu

President of the HCA[]

He was appointed the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association in 2017.[4] He was removed from the post in 2018 due to conflict of interest. He started Telangana T20 League was not recognized by BCCI.[5][6]

Positions held[]

  • Member of Parliament, 15th Lok Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
  • Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), A.P. Chapter, (2006–2007)
  • Chairman, Manufacturers Association
  • Dr Vivek is the promoter Vice Chairman of the Visaka Group Of Companies.

References[]

  1. ^ Congress MPs fight over Group-I exams. Deccan Chronicle, 7 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Denied ticket, G Vivekanand attacks KCR, TRS MLA hits back". Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Ex-MP G Vivekanand joins BJP, slams KCR as 'dictator'". Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "G. Vivekananda is new HCA president". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 1 April 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 July 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "President of Hyd Cricket Association disqualified over conflict of interest". The News Minute. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Hyderabad Cricket Association unveils Telangana T20 League owners". Deccan Chronicle. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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