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M. S. Sanjeevi Rao
Office Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha





Term start 1971
Term end 1984
Predecessor Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao
Successor Gopal Krishna Thota




Constituency Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
Born 1929-8-3
Born Bhiminupatnam, Visakhapatnam District, Madras Presidency, British India(Now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died Template:Death date and age[1]
Place of death Kakinada



Political party Indian National Congress


Children 2, including M. M. Pallam Raju
Alma mater College of Engineering, Guindy, Imperial College of Science and Technology



M. S. Sanjeevi Rao (1929Template:En dash2014) was an Indian politician who served as a Union Minister and chairman of India's first electronics commission. He is referred to as "India’s father of electronics".[2] He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh from the Congress Party.[3][4][5][6]

Early life

M. S. Sanjeevi Rao was born in a Kapu family in 1929.[7] His father was an Indian independence activist. He studied electronics and telecommunications at the Imperial College London.[2]

Career

After returning to India, he started working at the All India Radio. Later, he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation. He was posted at the Electronic and Radar Development Establishment, Bengaluru, and then at the Defence Research Electronics Laboratory, Hyderabad.[2]

Political career

Rao entered politics after his father's death. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, and later appointed minister in Indira Gandhi's cabinet.[2]

Personal life

Rao had two children, including M. M. Pallam Raju.

References

  1. President of India condoles the passing away of Dr. M.S. Sanjeevi Rao. Business Standard(4 September 2014).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A tribute to MS Sanjeevi Rao, India's father of electronics, Dey, Soumik. The Week(31 March 2018). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. Lok Sabha Debates{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat(1984)
  4. State Politics in India: Reflections on Andhra Pradesh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.(1994). ISBN 978-81-85880-51-8
  5. Lok Sabha Debates{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat(1984)
  6. Economic and Political Weekly{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sameeksha Trust.(1984)
  7. Battle equally poised in port town Kakinada. The Hindu(2019-03-26). Retrieved 2023-04-08.