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Galla Jayadev
Galla Jayadev (born 24 March 1966) is an Indian industrialist and former politician. He is the managing director of the Amara Raja Group. Galla Jayadev represented the Guntur constituency in the Lok Sabha as a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) during the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) and 17th Lok Sabha (2019–2024) of India. He served as the TDP Parliamentary Party Leader.
Galla Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu and Aruna Kumari. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Galla Aruna Kumari is a former MLA from Chandragiri constituency and was a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government for several years. Galla Jayadev, has 1 Elder Sister : Dr. Gourineni Ramadevi. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naidu was a freedom fighter, a close associate of Acharya N G Ranga and a former Indian parliamentarian.
Along with his parents, Jayadev moved to the USA, where he lived for around 22 years. He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a part of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity while there.
Jay married Padmavathi Ghattamaneni, daughter of prominent Indian actor Krishna Ghattamaneni on 26 June 1991.
One of the wealthiest politicians in India, Galla declared assets of ₹683 crore (US$71 million) in the 2014 general elections.
After his graduation, Jay 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. 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 manufacturers of advanced lead acid batteries in India. He took over as the managing director of Amara Raja Batteries in 2003 from his father. He has been trying to get into the steps of his mother by entering into politics.[clarification needed] He contested 16th Lok Sabha election from the Guntur Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and won with a big margin.
On 28 January 2024, he announced a break from full time politics.
Jayadev spoke on a number of different issues of public interest in the Parliament of India. His description and analysis on the subject of tolerance in India was appreciated by general public.
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Galla Jayadev
Galla Jayadev (born 24 March 1966) is an Indian industrialist and former politician. He is the managing director of the Amara Raja Group. Galla Jayadev represented the Guntur constituency in the Lok Sabha as a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) during the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) and 17th Lok Sabha (2019–2024) of India. He served as the TDP Parliamentary Party Leader.
Galla Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu and Aruna Kumari. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Galla Aruna Kumari is a former MLA from Chandragiri constituency and was a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government for several years. Galla Jayadev, has 1 Elder Sister : Dr. Gourineni Ramadevi. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naidu was a freedom fighter, a close associate of Acharya N G Ranga and a former Indian parliamentarian.
Along with his parents, Jayadev moved to the USA, where he lived for around 22 years. He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a part of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity while there.
Jay married Padmavathi Ghattamaneni, daughter of prominent Indian actor Krishna Ghattamaneni on 26 June 1991.
One of the wealthiest politicians in India, Galla declared assets of ₹683 crore (US$71 million) in the 2014 general elections.
After his graduation, Jay 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. 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 manufacturers of advanced lead acid batteries in India. He took over as the managing director of Amara Raja Batteries in 2003 from his father. He has been trying to get into the steps of his mother by entering into politics.[clarification needed] He contested 16th Lok Sabha election from the Guntur Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and won with a big margin.
On 28 January 2024, he announced a break from full time politics.
Jayadev spoke on a number of different issues of public interest in the Parliament of India. His description and analysis on the subject of tolerance in India was appreciated by general public.