Kollu Ravindra is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who served as MLA for Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) from 2014 until his defeat in 2019. He has also held cabinet ministerial position during his tenure as an MLA.[1]
Kollu Ravindra was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District. He belongs to the Raghuvansha Kshatriyas community (Agnikula Kshatriya).[2] He entered into politics in 1998 and became TDP youth president of Machilipatnam.
Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of the Telugu Desam Party in Machilipatnam, a position he held for ten years.[citation needed] He was then given the TDP ticket in Machilipatnam for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the Congress candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes.[3] He then entered the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment. Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations.[4][5]
In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.[citation needed]
Kollu Ravindra is married and has two sons.[citation needed] His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.[6]
In February 2019, Kollu Ravindra launched the Youth for Andhra mobile app.
In July 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated the APNRT Migrant Resource building in the Guntur district.
In June 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated Cargo services at the Gannavaram international airport.
In May 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated naipunya at Mangalagiri.
In February 2017 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated National Handloom Exhibition in Guntur.
Kollu Ravindra also done some of the developmental activities in his constituency.