Sujana Chowdary | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Vellampalli Srinivas |
Constituency | Vijayawada West |
Union Minister of State for Science & Technology | |
In office 9 November 2014[1] – 8 March 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minister | Jitendra Singh Harsh Vardhan |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 22 June 2010 – 2 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Gireesh Kumar Sanghi |
Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary 2 June 1961[2] Kanchikacherla, Krishna district, (present NTR district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Other political affiliations | Telugu Desam Party |
Spouse | Padmaja (m. 1989) |
Residence(s) | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Alma mater | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore |
Occupation | Businessman, politician |
Website | YSChowdary.com |
Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary (born 2 June 1961), popularly known as Sujana Chowdary, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, elected from the Telugu Desam Party and later moved to Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Indian union Minister of State for Science, Technology from 9 November 2014 to 8 March 2018.[3]
Sujana Chowdary contested and won the 2024 Elections from Vijayawada West Assembly Constituency and won with a margin of 47,032 votes.