M. S. Sanjeevi Rao Explained

M. S. Sanjeevi Rao
Birth Date:3 August 1929
Birth Place:Bhiminupatnam, Visakhapatnam District, Madras Presidency, British India(Now in Andhra Pradesh,India)
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Kakinada
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:1971
Term End:1984
Predecessor:Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao
Successor:Gopal Krishna Thota
Constituency1:Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
Party:Indian National Congress
Children:2, including M. M. Pallam Raju
Alma Mater:College of Engineering, Guindy, Imperial College of Science and Technology
Source:https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/2213?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/2213.htm

M. S. Sanjeevi Rao (19292014) was an Indian politician who served as a Union Minister and chairman of India's first electronics commission. He is referred to as "India’s father of electronics".[2] He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh from the Congress Party.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Early life

M. S. Sanjeevi Rao was born in a Kapu family in 1929.[7] His father was an Indian independence activist. He studied electronics and telecommunications at the Imperial College London.

Career

After returning to India, he started working at the All India Radio. Later, he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation. He was posted at the Electronic and Radar Development Establishment, Bengaluru, and then at the Defence Research Electronics Laboratory, Hyderabad.

Political career

Rao entered politics after his father's death. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, and later appointed minister in Indira Gandhi's cabinet.

Personal life

Rao had two children, including M. M. Pallam Raju.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: President of India condoles the passing away of Dr. M.S. Sanjeevi Rao . Business Standard . 4 September 2014 . 6 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Dey . Soumik . 31 March 2018 . A tribute to MS Sanjeevi Rao, India's father of electronics . 2021-07-13 . . en.
  3. Book: Lok Sabha Debates. 28 December 2017. 1984. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 101.
  4. Book: Agarala Easwara Reddi. D. Sundar Ram. State Politics in India: Reflections on Andhra Pradesh. 28 December 2017. 1994. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. 978-81-85880-51-8. 338–.
  5. Book: Lok Sabha Debates. 1 February 2019. 1984. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 7.
  6. Book: Economic and Political Weekly. 1 February 2019. 1984. Sameeksha Trust.. 585–586.
  7. News: Sankar . K. N. Murali . 2019-03-26 . Battle equally poised in port town Kakinada . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-04-08 . 0971-751X.