Background
A scion of Royal family of Vizayanagram princly state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagram. He is the son of Maharaja Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, the last Maharaja of Vizianagram.
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Ashok Pusapati
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Education
He was educated at Scindia School Gwalior, Hyderabad Public School and V.S. Krishna College, Visakhapatnam.
Career
Of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue. He took an active part in the struggle for the formation of a new district viz. Vizianagaram. His interest to improve education in the district led to the establishment of several governmental and non-governmental educational institutions.
Presently he is Vice-Chairman of a trust The Maharaja Alak Narayana Society of Arts and Science (MANSAS) which is running twelve educational institutions in the district.
As a Minister, he was associated with several developmental activities. He is keenly interested in the field of public health and the conservation of water and electricity.
In pursuance of this ideal, he launched housing, drinking water and health schemes. He has traveled abroad to study town planning and to implement it suitably in Andhra Pradesh.
Achievements
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His family is known for its philanthropy through its temples that include the famous Simhachalam temple and the Maharaja Narayandav Raju Society for Arts and Sciences which runs a number of education institutions. He joined the Telugu Desam Party when it was formed in 1982 and won the state assembly elections of 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2009. He won the 2014 Indian general election to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vizianagaram.
Politics
He won the Vizianagaram Vidhan Sabha constituency for the first time as Janata Party candidate in 1978. He served Andhra Pradesh as a Cabinet Minister for Excise,Commercial Taxes,Finance,Revenue and Legislative Affairs in State Government.He is a Political Bureau member in the Telugu Desam Party.Presently he is the Union minister for Civil Aviation in the National Democratic Alliance cabinet since 26 May 2014.
Membership
He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Government
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Political Party
Telugu Desam Party