Mr. K. Keshava Rao
Member of Parlilament
Party: Indian National Congress (INC)

8-2-696/21/A, NBT Colony
Road No. 12 Banjara Hills
Hyderabad 34

Mr. K. Keshava Rao is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the Indian National Congress (INC). Currently, he serves on several important parliamentary Committees such as the Sub-Committee for Special Economic Zones of the Standing Committee on Commerce, and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs.

Previously, Mr. Rao served as the Cabinet Minister in three consecutive Governments of Andhra Pradesh holding important portfolios like Industry, Education and Labour respectively. Between 1979 and 1980, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.

Mr. Rao has also been a Visiting Lecturer, in the Department of Journalism, Osmania University; and a Resource Speaker, (i) Administrative Staff College of India, (ii) National Police Academy, (iii) Institute of Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh and other premier institutes. He has been invited by universities and institutes abroad for extension lectures too.

A Journalist, Teacher and Educationist by profession, Mr. Rao did his M.A., Ph.D. from Badruk College, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, respectively. He has written several books, namely, New Deal to Education, and Social Philosophy in Recent Indian Thought, and also published a number of articles in newspapers and journals (both Indian and foreign). He is the Editor of The Daily News, a premier English daily published from Hyderabad. In 1979, Mr. Rao produced and wrote the screenplay for the national Award winning feature film in Telugu, "Nimajjanam".

A widely traveled person, Mr. Rao is extremely fond of Cricket and reading