Jayadev Galla also known as Jay Galla or Galla Jayadev is an Indian politician and industrialist.
Background
Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu Galla and Aruna Kumari Galla. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Aruna Kumari Galla is a former Modern Language Association from Chandragiri constituency and was a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government for several years.
Education
He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he joined Lambda Chi Alpha.
Career
He is the Managing Director of "Amara Raja Group" and is rated as one of the best Chief Executive Officer"s in the country. After his graduation, Jay worked as an international sales executive at GNB Battery Technologies in United States of America. On his return from the United States in 1992, he took up the task of setting up the sales and service network for the industrial battery division of Amara Raja. In 1992 along with his father Ramachandra Naidu Galla started looking at automotive batteries as viable business and tied up with Johnson Controls the United States based giant and gave then 26% stake in their company Amara Raja to start Amara Raja Batteries Limited (ARBL).
ARBL is one of the leading manufacturer of Advanced Lead Acid batteries in India.
He took over as the Managing Director of Amara Raja Batteries in 2003 from his father. Jayadev spoke on number of different issues of public interest in the parliament.
His description and analysis on the subject of Tolerance in India as appalled by general public. Galla"s has established a number of charitable trusts.
They include the Krishna Devaraya Educational & Cultural Association, which provides educational scholarships to poor students in higher education, and the Rajanna Trust and Mangal Trust, which works on providing accessible water supplies to villages.
Membership
Jayadev is a member of 16th Lok Sabha of India representing from Guntur Lok Sabha constituency and a member of Telugu Desam Party.