Jesudasu Seelam

Summary

Jesudasu Seelam is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party, who was the Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament from 2004 till 2016. He was Minister of State (Revenue) under the Ministry of Finance from 17 June 2013. Prior to entering politics he served as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from 1984-99 of Karnataka cadre.[1]

Jesudasu Seelam
Minister of State for Finance
Government of India
In office
17 June 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byS. S. Palanimanickam
Succeeded byNirmala Sitaraman
Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha
In office
22 June 2004 – 21 June 2016
Succeeded byV. Vijaysai Reddy, YSRCP
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1953-08-13) 13 August 1953 (age 70)
Pusuluru, Guntur district. Andhra Pradesh
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSmt. Sujatha Seelam
Children2 daughters & 1 son(Mourya)
EducationB.Sc., - Andhra Christian College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (1971-74) M.Sc., (Chemistry) - Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (1975 -77)
As of May, 2014

External links edit

  • Profile on Rajya Sabha website

References edit

  1. ^ "J.D. Seelam: From IAS officer to union minister (Profile)". Business Standard. 17 June 2013.