Kollu Ravindra

Kollu Ravindra is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh currently serving as the Minister for Mines and Geology in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Machilipatnam assembly constituency.^[1]

Kollu Ravindra
Minister of Mines and Geology Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
Minister of Excise Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Kalattur Narayana Swamy
Minister for Law & Justice Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded by	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy
Minister for Skill development ,Youth & Sports Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (Skill Development) Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Youth & Sports)
Minister for Employment, NRI Empowerment and Relations Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Gummanur Jayaram
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Perni Venkataramaiah
Constituency	Machilipatnam
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Perni Venkataramaiah
Succeeded by	Perni Venkataramaiah
Constituency	Machilipatnam
Personal details
Born	Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Children	2
Residence(s)	Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Alma mater	B.A (Ambedkar open University), B.L.Hindu college (Nagarjuna University)
Profession	Politician

Early life

Kollu Ravindra was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District. He belongs to the Agnikula Kshatriya community.^[2] He entered into politics in 1998 and became Telugu Desam Party youth president of Machilipatnam.^{[citation needed]}

Political life

Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Machilipatnam, a position he held for ten years.^{[citation needed]} He was then given the TDP ticket in Machilipatnam for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the Congress candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later, in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes.^[3] He then entered the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment.

In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.^{[citation needed]}

Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations.^[4][5]

Personal life

Kollu Ravindra is married to Neelima and the couple has two sons.^[6] His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.^[7]

Notable acts as Minister

• In February 2017 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated National Handloom Exhibition in Guntur.^[8]
• In May 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated naipunya at Mangalagiri.^[9]
• In June 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated Cargo services at the Gannavaram international airport.^[10]
• In July 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated the APNRT Migrant Resource building in the Guntur district.^[11]
• In February 2019, Kollu Ravindra launched the Youth for Andhra mobile app.^[12]