Galla Jayadev
Galla Jayadev | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Guntur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Diguvamagham, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse | Padmavathi Ghattamaneni (1991 – Present) |
| Relations |
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| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Hyderabad Bangalore |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Galla Jayadev is an Indian business executive.[1] and politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is the Managing Director of Amara Raja Group.[2] On 8 March 2014, he joined the Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2014 Lok Sabha Election as a Parliament member from Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) with a landslide majority of 69,633 against YSR Congress Party candidate Balashowry Vallabhaneni. [3]
Early life
Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu Galla and Aruna Kumari Galla. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Aruna Kumari Galla is a MLA from Chandragiri consistuency and also a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naidu was a former Indian parliamentarian. Along with his parents, Jayadev moved to USA, where he lived for around 22 years.[4] He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[5][6]
Personal Life
He has a sister named Ramadevi. He married Padmavathi Ghattamaneni, daughter of prominent Telugu film actor Krishna on June 26, 1991.[7] They have two children – Siddharth Galla and Ashok Galla. He is known to be very close to his brother-in-law, Telugu actor Mahesh Babu.[8][9]
Career
After his graduation, Jayadev worked as an international sales executive at GNB Battery Technologies in USA. On his return from the United States in 1992, he took up the task of setting up the sales and service network for the industrial battery division of Amara Raja.[10] In 1992 along with his father Ramachandra Naidu Galla started looking at automotive batteries as viable business and tied up with Johnson Controls the US based giant and gave then 26% stake in their company Amara Raja to start Amara Raja Batteries Limited (ARBL). ARBL is one of the leading manufacturer of Advanced Lead Acid batteries in India.[11] He took over as the Managing Director of Amara Raja Batteries in 2003 from his father. Of late he has been trying to get into the steps of his mother by entering into politics.He recently announced that he would be contesting from the Guntur Constituency in Andhra Pradesh.[12]
References
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- ^ Jayadev Galla: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek
- ^ "Former Congress Minister Aruna Kumari Galla joins TDP with her Son". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ M., Somasekhar. "Amara Raja's Jay Galla — all charged up to enter politics". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Amara Raja - Media - Management Team
- ^ Management - Jayadev Galla, Managing Director, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd, India
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- ^ "Mahesh Babu at Galla". heyandhra. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Pride of Tamil Nadu - Sify.com
- ^ "Jayadev Galla profile". Business Week. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Raghunathan, Anuradha. "Charge!". March 02, 2009. Forbes. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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