K. Hemalata is an Indian woman
Marxist politician and Central Committee member of
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...
. She is the first National level woman leader in the history of
trade unions movement in India
Biography
Kandikuppa Hemalatha was born in 1951 in
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...
, the youngest of four children of Vaikunda Rao and Shankari. She studied in
MKCG Medical College and Hospital
Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital Brahmapur, Ganjam, Odisha is a government medical college and hospital that started functioning in 1962 as a medical college and 1966 as a hospital. Subsequently, the medical co ...
at
Berhampur
Brahmapur (; also known as Berhampur) is a city on the eastern coastline of Ganjam district of the Indian state of Odisha. Bramhapur is most famous for its street food, silk sarees or pato sarees, temples and many historical places. Bramhapur a ...
in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...
. In 1973, Hemalata joined as a doctor in the 'People’s Clinic' of
Puchalapalli Sundarayya
Puchalapalli Sundarayya (Born Sundararami Reddy on 1 May 1913 – 19 May 1985) popularly known as Comrade PS was an Indian Communist politician leader including of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the Telanga ...
at
Nellore
Nellore is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of the district, as well as Nellore mandal and Nellore revenue division. It is the fourth most popu ...
. Since then she was active in Marxist politics as well as started medical practice in
Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquarte ...
. She became a municipal councilor in 1987 and in 1995 she quit the medical profession, joined in trade union movement as a whole timer. Hemalata became the State secretary of CITU in Andhra Pradesh. She was also appointed in the post of General secretary of
All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers for the period from 1998 to 2012. In November 2016 Hemalata was elected as the president of the
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India and its trade union wing is a spearhead of the Indian Trade Union Movement. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assemblies of workers and classe ...
(CITU) in its 15th National conference held in
Puri
Puri () is a coastal city and a municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is also known as ''S ...
. In the 22nd party Congress of
CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nat ...
, she became the member of newly elected Central committee.
References
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Living people
Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Indian women activists
Trade unionists from Andhra Pradesh
Indian women trade unionists
20th-century Indian women politicians
20th-century Indian politicians
Women in Andhra Pradesh politics
1951 births