Joginapally Santosh Kumar

Joginapally Santhosh Kumar (born 7 December 1976) is a political leader from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and previously served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha representing Telangana. He is the Managing Director of Telugu media house, Namasthe Telangana in Telangana, India. He is presently serving as General Secretary of Bharat Rashtra Samithi.

Santhosh Kumar
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2018 – 2 April 2024
Preceded by	C. M. Ramesh, TDP
Succeeded by	M. Anil Kumar Yadav
Constituency	Telangana
Personal details
Born	(1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 48) Kodurupaka, Boinapally Mandal, Karimnagar district, India
Political party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Early life

He was born in Kodurupaka village in Boinpally mandal, Karimnagar, Telangana to Ravinder Rao and Shashikala. He moved to Hyderabad for doing his Intermediate and Degree after finishing tenth Standard in his native village. He completed his MBA in HR from Pune University. He is the nephew of Former Chief Minister of Telangana, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao’s co-brother.^[1]

Career

He joined TRS upon the advice from KCR before the inception of the TRS Party in 2008. He worked as a personal assistant to KCR ever since. He looked after party affairs from the beginning. He became Executive Director of T-news in 2012 and is presently the Managing Director of Namasthe Telangana.

He is presently looking after day-to-day activities of TRS party and is personal secretary of K. Chandrashekhar Rao.

He is running for Rajya Sabha to take care of important party affairs in Delhi.

Personal life

He is married to Rohini. They have two sons, Ishaan and Shreyaan.^[2]