Dr. Gaddam Vivekanand is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 in the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

. He represents Peddapalli

Peddapalli

Peddapalli, "a Big Town", is a prominent parliament constituency in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. [Coordination - 18°36'42.61"N, 79°22'40.77"E]...

 parliamentary constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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Early life

G. Vivek is the youngest son of veteran Congress party member and former Member of Parliament G. Venkataswamy

G. Venkat Swamy

Gaddam Venkat Swamy was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Peddapalli constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He is popularly known as Kaka or Gudisela Venkataswamy...

 and Kalavathi. He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School

Hyderabad Public School

The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet or HPS, Begumpet, is a privately funded public school in Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh.Earlier known as Jagirdar College, it was established in 1923 as a school exclusively for the sons of Jagirdars and other aristrocats. It was renamed as Hyderbad...

, Begumpet and did his medicine, M.B.B.S, from Osmania Medical College

Osmania Medical College

Osmania Medical College originally Hyderabad Medical College is a medical school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1846 as the Hyderabad Medical School making it one of the oldest medical schools in the world. It is presently affiliated to the NTR University of Health...

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Career

G. Vivek was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha, after his father did not run the election. He is a member of coal committee and steel committee.

He is Vice Chairman of Visaka industries.

Positions held

• Member of Parliament, 15th Lok Sabha
• Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
• Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry
  Confederation of Indian Industry
  The Confederation of Indian Industry is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organisation, seeking to play a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India,...
  
  (CII), A.P. Chapter, (2006-2007)
• Chairman, Manufacturers Association

External links

• Official profile