Puvvada Ajay Kumar

Puvvada Ajay Kumar
Minister of Transport
Government of Telangana
In office
08 September 2019 – 03 December 2023
Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao
Preceded byP. Mahender Reddy
Succeeded byPonnam Prabhakar
Member of Telangana Legislative assembly
In office
2014–2023
Preceded byThummala Nageswara Rao
Succeeded byThummala Nageshwar Rao
ConstituencyKhammam
Personal details
Born (1965-04-19) 19 April 1965 (age 61)
PartyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionM.Sc. (Agriculture from Bangalore)

Puvvada Ajay Kumar (born 19 April 1965) is an Indian politician who was the former transport minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2023. He is also the chairman of Mamata Academy of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, and Mamata Medical, Nursing, and Dental Colleges in Khammam. He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Khammam constituency. Later, he joined in Telangana Rastra Samiti.

Career

Initially, his political career started as a Central Executive Council member of the YSR Congress Party. Later, he contested as a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Telangana in the General Elections 2014. Finally, in 2016, he quit the Indian National Congress Party and joined the Telangana Rastra Samithi. In 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Transport of Telangana.

References

  1. ↑ "Member's Profile - Telangana-Legislature". Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Statistical Report on General Elections 2014 to Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2014. p. 10.
  3. 1 2 "Khammam MLA quits Congress; to join TRS". The Hindu. 25 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "High post for Puvvada's son in YSR Congress". The Hindu. 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.
  5. ↑ List of Contesting Candidates (Form 7A) - AC Phase - 1 (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana. 2014. p. 5.