Kesineni Srinivas

Kesineni Srinivas
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
May 2014
Constituency Vijayawada
Personal details
Born (1966-01-22) 22 January 1966
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s) Smt. Pavani Kesineni
Children

Hyma Kesineni

Shwetha Kesineni
Residence Vijayawada

Kesineni Srinivas also known as Kesineni Nani is an Indian Businessman and a politician.[1] Since 1992, he heads the Kesineni Travels Private Limited, founded by his grand father, Kesineni Venkaiah in 1928. Kesineni is one of the largest provider of Inter-City bus transportation, serving more than 75 destinations with about 425 schedules daily across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.[2]

The New Delhi based Birla Institute of Management and Technology has chosen Kesineni Travels for study of its successful business model in the country.[3] Kesineni Cargo Carriers offers value-priced overnight parcel delivery to all its destinations.[4] The company is involved in philanthropic activities and blood donation camps.[5] In 2009, he served as the Praja Rajyam Party urban unit convenor.[6] He won the Indian general election, 2014 as a Telugu Desam Party candidate. He was elected the member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh.[7]

Personal life

Kesineni was born on 2 Jan 1966 to Shri Ramaswamy Kesineni and Smt. Prasunamba Kesineni. He married Smt. Pavani Kesineni on 16 Apr 1992 and they have two daughters. He believes in keeping up new technological innovations and adopting them for achieving better results; and Socializing with people from different back grounds and also trying to know about the latest trends in various sectors.[8]

Political career

Kesineni was elected to 16th Lok Sabha. At the Lok Sabha he is a member of the Committee on Privileges; Standing Committee on Urban Development and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation.[8]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the efforts of Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas under the Samsad Adarsh Gram Yojana when he met him at New Delhi on Wednesday. The MP explained to the PM about his adopting Golla-mandala Village in A.Konduru mandal in Vijayawada parliamentary constituency and the plan he chalked out for the all-round development of that village. Mr Srinivas also informed the PM that due to his efforts and his meeting with Mr Ratan Tata, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust came forward to adopt all the remaining 264 villages in the Vijayawada parliamentary constituency and take steps for their development.[9]

On 25 March 2017, Srinivas and TDP MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao abused an IPS officer and manhandled a transport commissioner at a transportation office in Vijayawada over a report that the local transportation department submitted to the police in a bus accident case involving Srinivas' bus company.[10] The two apologized a day later.

References

  1. ↑ Customer-centric approach behind Kesineni Travels' runaway success - Motorindia
  2. ↑ Blood donation camp at Kesineni Bhavan - The Hindu
  3. ↑ B-School chooses Kesineni business model for study - The Hindu
  4. ↑ Bus operators flex their muscle - The Hindu
  5. ↑ Kesineni online reservation | Business Line
  6. ↑ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Kesineni Nani to open citizen service centre
  7. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.192. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ "PM Modi lauds efforts of Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas". http://www.deccanchronicle.com/. Retrieved 2016-03-04. External link in |website= (help)
  10. ↑ http://www.india.com/news/agencies/tdp-mp-mla-apologise-for-abusing-ips-officer-after-cms-rap-1964336/
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