Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao

Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao (born 30 April 1968), sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao, is an Indian anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Telugu Desam Party member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and of the Lok Sabha.

Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao
Member of Parliament
In office
199 -2004
Preceded byVyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
Succeeded byVyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
ConstituencyParvathipuram constituency
Personal details
Born (1968-04-30) 30 April 1968
Palika valasa, Vizianagaram(Dt.), Andhra Pradesh
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)Swarnalatha

Background

Shankar Rao is an adivasi, and was born 30 April 1968 in Palika Valasu village. He earned his M.B.B.S. and later specialised in anesthesiology in earning his medical doctorate. He became active in the T.D.P. in his district, and was nominated to and served in the Andhra Pradesh L.A.

Lok Sabha

In the 1999 general election Shankar Rao was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from Parvathipuram constituency, a seat reserved for members of the scheduled tribes. He won with 304,000 votes (49.54%) to 290,719 (47.38%) for his Congress opponent, Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, and 18,952 for two minor opponents. He was appointed to the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare, and served until the 2004 election, when he sought unsuccessfully re-election.[1]

Personal life

He is married to Swarnalata. He enjoys reading and writing poetry; a collection of his poetry in Telugu, Assa Geevulu, has been published.

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References
  1. Rao, V.Chalapati "Andhra Pradesh: VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT: Irrigation, health major areas of concern" Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu 4 March 2004
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