Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
Shri Kishore Chandra Deo, as Minister for Panchayati Raj in 2011.
Minister of Tribal Affairs
In office 12 July 2011 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Kantilal Bhuria
Succeeded by	Jual Oram
Minister of Panchayati Raj
In office 12 July 2011 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Gopinath Munde
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Kothapalli Geetha
Constituency	Araku
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao
Succeeded by	constituency demolished
Constituency	Parvathipuram
In office 1977–1989
Preceded by	Biddika Satyanarayana
Succeeded by	Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla
Constituency	Parvathipuram
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-15) 15 February 1947 (age 77) Kurupam, Vizianagaram district, Madras Presidency, British India (Now Andhra Pradesh ,India)
Political party	Indian National Congress (Till 2019)[1]
Other political affiliations	Telugu Desam Party (From Feb 2019)
Spouse	V. Preeti Deo
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence	The `Fort` Kurupam
Alma mater	Madras Christian College
As of 8 April, 2010 Source: [1]

Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha for five times and has also held one term in the Rajya Sabha. From July 2011 to May 2014, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj.

Early life

Kishore Chandra Deo was born in Kurupam to Raja V. Durgaprasad Deo of Kurupam and Rani (now,Late Rajmata) Sobhalata Devi. He is the present Zamindar of Kurupam, Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the Konda Dora scheduled tribe community, and is from a family of tribal hill chiefs.^[2] He was educated in Madras, he holds an M.A. degree in Political Science and a B.A. degree in Economics from Madras Christian College, Madras (now Chennai).

Political career

Deo was a member of the Lok Sabha representing the Araku (ST) constituency (for 2009-2014) in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. He has been a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) which is the highest decision-making body of the party. He was first elected to parliament in 1977 and has been elected to the Lok Sabha five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament). On 12 July 2011 he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Union Cabinet, holding the portfolios of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj.^[3]

He was also a Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal in the Central Cabinet in 1979-80.^[3] He has served on numerous parliamentary committees, and has been the chairperson of several key parliamentary committees, including the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill that led to the Forest Rights Act.^[3] He was also the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings (CoPU).

He headed the parliamentary investigation into the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal.^[3]

Deo is the author of the book Changing India's Political Mould, published in 1993. The book is on electoral and federal reforms in India.

Positions held

• Cabinet Minister - Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs - July 2011 – May 2014
• Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal in the Central Cabinet - 1979-80