Uma Gajapathi Raju
Uma Ramesh sharma B.A. was a member of Indian Parliament.
Uma ramesh sharma | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament | |
| Preceded by | Bhattam Srirama Murthy |
| Succeeded by | M. V. V. S. Murthy |
| Constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1953 Palghat, Kerala |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju(divorced) now married to Ramesh Sharma |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Residence(s) | 1, Kirlampudi Lay Out, Beach Road, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. |
She was born at Palghat, Kerala on 17 November 1953. She was educated at Madras University. She married Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju on 18 August 1971. They had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1989 and she married film maker Ramesh Sharma in 1991. Anand Ganapathi Raju died in 2016.
She is a political and social worker. She was joint secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee for one year. Anand Gajapathi Raju, Uma's then husband, was a minister in N T Rama Rao's ministry in AP. But in 1989, he resigned from TDP to join Congress before Uma successfully contested Lok Sabha election the same year.[1] She was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha, in 1989, from Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency) as a member of Indian National Congress. She was a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in 1990. In 1991 Lok Sabha polls, she came second in Visakhapattanam to the TDP candidate.
She was vice-president of All India Women's Hockey Federation; vice-chairperson, Organising Committee, Freedom Run and Marathon; member, Nehru Cricket Club; vice-president, National Institute of Social Action and National Red Cross Society;
She is interested in flood and drought relief work, promotion of orphanage activities, environment protection and malaria eradication programmes.
She was director of the Trade Fair Authority of India.; member of the Film Festival Selection Committee for International Film Festival, 1989; member of the Cultural Sub-Committee, Nehru Implementation Committee. She joined the board of Moving Picture Co India Ltd in 1989 and resigned from the board in 2010. She has been anchor for 8 years of the prime time news program on Doordarshan called India This Week. She has been executive producer of many award-winning documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated film The Journalist and the Jihadi – The Murder of Daniel Pearl, directed by her husband Ramesh Sharma.
Her daughter, Sanchaita Raju, was appointed spokesperson of Delhi unit of BJP in 2018.[2]