Born to Air Commodore Suryanarayana Rao and Vasundhara on 13 August 1954 in Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).[1] Renuka is the eldest of three daughters. She studied at the Welham Girls' School, Dehradun and received her B.A
Career
Renuka Chowdhury in her office as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism in New Delhi on May 24, 2004
Chowdhury entered politics in 1984 as a member of Telugu Desam Party.[2] She was a member of the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms and Chief Whip of Telugu Desam Parliamentary party from 1986 to 1998.[3][4] She was also the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare from 1997 to 1998 in the cabinet of H. D. Deve Gowda. She left Telugu Desam Party to join Congress party in 1998.[5] In 1999 and 2004, she was elected to the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha respectively representing Khammam. Other positions include memberships on the Committee on Finance (1999–2000) and Committee on the Empowerment of Women (2000–2001).[1]
In May 2004 she became the Minister of State for Tourism in the UPA I government. She was the Union minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Women and Child Development in the UPA I government from January 2006 to May 2009. In the May 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Renuka Chowdary was defeated by Nama Nageswara Rao of TDP from Khammam by 1,24,448 votes.[6]The Mumbai newspaper, Mid Day, reported in 2009 that, in response to "Sri Ram Sena's Valentine's Day threat" Chowdary said that youth should "swarm" pubs and make a point to the "moral police brigade".[7] After the 2009 Mangalore pub attack by the Sri Ram Sena Chouwdary commented that Mangalore had been "talibanized". This resulted in a case being filed against her by the town's mayor, accusing her of glorifying isolated incidents and making generalized comments about the city.[8][9] The "Pub Bharo" campaign was actually being headed by her younger daughter Tejaswini.[10]
Chowdary became a spokesperson for the Congress and was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in 2012,[11] and 2024 from Telangana.[12][13][14]
Parliamentary Committees
Member, Committee on Finance (1999-2000)
Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women (2000-2001)
Member, Committee on Government Assurances (May 2012 – Sept. 2014)
Member, Committee on Finance (May 2012 – May 2014)
Member, Business Advisory Committee (May 2013 – Sept. 2014)
Member, Committee on Agriculture (Sept. 2014–Present)
Member, House Committee (Sept. 2014–Present)
Member, General Purposes Committee (April 2016 – Present)
Chairperson, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests (April 2016 – 2018)
References
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^ a b"Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^Phadnis, Aditi (12 February 2018). "Renuka Chowdhury, 'Rajini of Rajya Sabha' unlikely to make a return". Business Standard. Business Standard. Business Standard Private Limited. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^(17 February 2009)Mangalore Mayor drags Renuka to court NDTV
^Talibanization is happening in Karnataka - Renuka Chowdary
^"Hasan Ali Stayed with Renuka Chaudhary". 29 May 2011.
^(25 March 2012) 55 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha the Hindu, retrieved 30 March 2012
^ABP News (14 February 2024). "RS Polls: Ajay Maken, Renuka Chowdhury Among Congress Candidates For Raj, K'taka, Telangana". Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^The Hindu (14 February 2024). "Congress names Renuka Chowdhury, Anil Yadav as Rajya Sabha nominees". Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^"Renuka Chowdhury, Anil Kumar Yadav, Ravichandra declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". 21 February 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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