Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Duration: 11/08/2017 to 10/08/2022

Father’s Name:Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu
Mother’s Name: Late Shrimati Ramanamma
Date of Birth:1 July 1949
Place of Birth:Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)
Marital Status: Married on 14 April 1970
Spouse’s Name:Shrimati M. Usha
Children: One Son and One daughter
Educational Qualifications:B.A., B.L. (Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)
Profession:Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social worker
Permanent Address:Plot No. 514, Road No. 29, Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad-500033 (Telangana)
Present Address:1, Tyagraj Marg,
New Delhi – 110 011

Positions Held

1971 : President, Students’ Union, V.R. College, Nellore
1973-74 : President, Students’ Union, Andhra University Colleges
1974 : Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsha Samiti of Andhra Pradesh
1977-80 : President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
1978-85 : Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
1980-83 : Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India B.J.P.
1980-85 : Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh
1985-88 : General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.
1988-93 : President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of B.J.P.
1993-Sept. 2000 : General Secretary, All India B.J.P.
April 1998 : Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (first term)
30 Sept. 2000 – 30 June 2002 : Minister of Rural Development
July 2002-Dec. 2003 : National President, B.J.P.
Jan. 2004-Oct. 2004 : National President, B.J.P. (second term)
July 2004 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (second term)
April 2005-Jan. 2006 : Senior Vice-President, B.J.P.
Jan. 2006-July 2017 : Member, Parliamentary Board of B.J.P. and Central Election Committee
Sept. 2006-Sept. 2009 : Chairman, Committee on Petitions
Aug. 2009-May 2014 : Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs
July 2010 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (third term) (resigned w.e.f. 23 June 2016)
Dec. 2011-May 2014 : Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management
26 May 2014-5 July 2016 : Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
July 2016 : Elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (fourth term) (resigned w.e.f. 10 August 2017)
5 July 2016-17 July 2017 : Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting
May 2017 – April 2018 : President of the UN Habitat and presided over the deliberations of 58 – member Governing Council
11 August 2017 – 10 August 2022 : Vice-President of India and Ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha

The Vice President as Chancellor / Visitor of Universities

Chancellor (Ex-Officio) – Delhi University
Chancellor (Ex-Officio) – Panjab University
Chancellor – Pondicherry University
Visitor (Ex-Officio) – Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidhyalaya, Bhopal (Established by an Act of the Government of Madhya Pradesh In 1990

The Vice President as President / Chairman of the Institutes / Committees

President (Ex-Officio) of The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Delhi
President (Ex-Officio) of The Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Delhi
Chairman of the Selection Committee of Prasar Bharti Board (As Per Prasar Bharti Broadcasting Corporation Of India Act, 1990) for selection of the Members of the Board
Chairman of the Committee for selection of Chairman of The Press Council of India (As Per Section 5 (2) of The Press Council Act, 1978)

The Vice President as Chairman of Juries / Selection Committees for various Award

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (Jury Constituted by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs)
International Gandhi Award for Leprosy (Jury Constituted by Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation- Wardha Under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
National Communal Harmony Award (Jury Constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs)
Dr. Ambedkar International Award for Social Change (Jury Constituted by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment)
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (Jury Constituted by Ministry of External Affairs)

Books Published

Articles in newspapers on the subjects of political and public interests and books
‘Moving on…Moving forward: A Year in Office’
‘Selected Speeches of Venkaiah Naidu : Volume 1’
‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ A chronicle of the Vice President of India’s two Years in office
Connecting, Communicating, Changing……Vice President’s third year in office

Other interests

Agriculture and social work; motivating voluntary organizations, engaged in constructive work in fields of agriculture, health, vocational education & training, animal care etc.

Hobbies

Reading, educating and motivating people

Countries visited

Before August 2017

U.S.A., U.K., Malaysia, Singapore, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Australia, Mauritius, Maldives, Thailand, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Dubai (U.A.E.), Hong-Kong, Cambodia and Austria

After August 2017

May 05-14, 2018 – Guatemala, Panama and Peru
September 07-11, 2018 – Chicago (U.S.A. ) -Chief Guest at the Second World Hindu Congress to mark the 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893.
September 14-21, 2018 – Serbia, Malta and Romania
October 17-20, 2018 – Brussels (Belgium) – Represented India at ASEM12 SUMMIT
October 31-November 06, 2018 – Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi
November 09-12, 2018 – Paris (France ) – Represented India at Armistice Centenary and Paris Peace Forum and inaugurated the Indian war Memorial at Villers-Guislain
March 04-11, 2019 – Paraguay and Costa Rica
May 09-12, 2019 – (Hanoi) Vietnam – Address the UN International Day of Vesak Celebration as Keynote Speaker
August 17-22, 2019 – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
October 10-15, 2019 – Comros and Sierra Leone
October 24-26, 2019 – Azerbaijan -Represented India at NAM Summit

Honoris Causa

Conferred Doctorate for contribution in the Rule of Law, democracy and sustainable development by the University for Peace on March 08, 2019 at Costa Rica
Conferred ‘the order of the Green Crescent’, the highest civilian honour of Comoros on 11 October, 2019 by President of Comoros

Other Information

Was Chairman, Students’ Union at College and also in University; imprisoned under M.I.S.A. during the Emergency, 1975-77; was Secretary, (i) B.J.P. Parliamentary Board and (ii) B.J.P. Central Election Committee; Spokesman, B.J.P., 1996-2000