Devineni Venkata Ramana (21 September 1960-3 June 1999), popularly known as DVR, was an Indian politician active in several years. He was the cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1996 to 1999. He represented

Nandigama Assembly constituency Nandigama is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituenc ...

Krishna district Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...

of the Indian state of

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Early life and education

Ramana was born in Kanchikacherla,

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. Ramana completed his primary education in Kanchikacherla, and intermediate in V.S.R. & N.V.R. College, Tenali.Pursued degree in S.R.R. & C.V.R. College, Vijayawada

Personal life

Devineni Venkata Ramana married Praneetha. He has two daughters Snigdha Devineni and Pragnya Devineni, who are American citizens by birth. His brother Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao is a senior politician and also served as

irrigation minister and is still actively participating as a senior politician in Telugu desam party

Positions held

* 1994–1999 : MLA As member of legislative assembly * 1994: Elected from Nandigama (Assembly constituency) As minister * 1997–1999: Education Minister

References

{{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub 1960 births 1999 deaths Telugu Desam Party politicians Politicians from Krishna district 20th-century Indian politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999