Y. S. Chowdary

Biography of Y. S. Chowdary

Mr. Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary, also known as Srujana Chowdary or Sujana Chowdary, is an Indian politician and a Rajya Sabha MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a first-generation entrepreneur who believes in the philosophy of nation-building through setting up new enterprises, employment creation, adapting to new technologies, and ensuring well-established careers for people. Mr. YS Chowdary headed the Hyderabad-based Sujana Group of Industries before retiring from all business commitments to join public life.

YS Chowdary Personal Details

Name	Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary
Popular As	Srujana Chowdary or Sujana Chowdary
Age (As of 2021)	60 years
Date of Birth	June 2, 1961
Place of Birth	Kanchikacheria village, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
Current Residence	Lodhi Estate, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
Email ID	ys.chowdary@sansad.nic.in
Profession	Politician and industrialist
Designation	MP of Rajya Sabha for Andhra Pradesh
Party Name	Bharatiya Janta Party
Father’s Name	Shri Y. Janardhan Rao (Superintendent Engineer in Andhra Pradesh government with AP Irrigation and Power department)
Mother’s Name	Shrimati Y. Suseela Kumari
Siblings	Not mentioned
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	August 6, 1989
Spouse	Shrimati Y. Padmaji
Children	Son: Y.S. Karthik and daughter: Y. Naga Chandini
Countries Visited	U.S.A., Middle East, China, Comoros, Europe, South East Asia, Micronesia, and New Zealand.

Y. S. Chowdary Educational Qualifications

• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary completed his graduation in mechanical engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, in 1984.
• He pursued his master’s in machine tool engineering from the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, in 1986.

Y.S. Chowdary Political Career

• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary entered politics in 2010 when he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Andhra Pradesh on June 22, 2010.
• On June 4, 2014, he was elected as the TDP’s Parliamentary leader.
• Mr. Y.S. Chowdary was appointed as the Minister of State for Science & Technology, & Earth Sciences on November 9, 2014, during the first Cabinet Expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s NDA Government (National Democratic Alliance (India)), and held the position till March 8, 2018.
• He was also appointed as a member of the Indo-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group.
• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary was a member of the Government of India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, and the Parliamentary Forum on Youth.
• In 2016, he was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for the second term
• Presently, Mr. Y. S. Chowdary is a standing committee member of Communication and Information Technology and Housing and Urban Affairs (Urban Development).
• He is also a consultative committee member in Home Affairs.

Y. S. Chowdary Initiatives

• Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) program, Mr. Y. S. Chowdary adopted Ponnavaram village, 60 km from Vijayawada and Palaparru village, Andhra Pradesh.
• He focused on transforming the area into a model village by adopting various developmental programs.
• In 1986, Mr. Y. S. Chowdary founded the Sujana Group of Companies.
• The Sujana Charitable Trust and the Sujana Foundation, manifest the Sujana Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, focused on the education and health of the underprivileged.
• The foundation actively participates in relief works for those affected due to natural calamities.
• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary forayed into healthcare by opening one of the first corporate hospitals in the city, which conducts free health camps, and also opened a College of Medicine for postgraduate and nursing courses.

Y. S. Chowdary Favorite Pastimes

• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary has an inclination toward the collection of vintage cars and restoring arts.
• He is a lifetime member of the Constitution Club of India where he interacts with people from all walks of life.
• Mr. Y. S. Chowdary is a member of Jubilee Hills International Centre and Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
• He loves photography and reading.

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