Chandrababu Naidu Biodata

Position held

He served as the Chief Minister of the State for 9 years 8 months 13 days(1994–2004)

The state's youngest assembly member and youngest minister at 28

He was voted as the `IT Indian of the Millennium' in a poll conducted by India Today group and 20:20 Media

He is also the longest serving Leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh assembly

Early Life

Chandrababu Naidu belonged to middle class agricultural family in Naravaripalli village. He has one elder sister and one younger brother. His parents were very hard working and toiled in their small agricultural land of 5 acres. Chandrababu Naidu was a very observant and hardworking man since childhood. He did his primary education in the near by Chandragiri town and subsequently completed his Masters in Economics from Sri Venkateswara Arts college,Tirupati. He also acted as the President of the students wing of the Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati. His political guru's are Paturi Rajagopala naidu and Acharya NG Ranga.

In Congress Party

Chandrababu Naidu entered the political scene as a youth leader from 'Chandragiri' and after that there was no looking back for him. During the Emergency, he was appointed as Pulicherla Youth Congress president. He became close to then prime minister Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay Gandhi. He got a Congress ticket in 1978 under the 20 per cent quota for youth from the Chandragiri Constituency. He was elected into the state assembly of Andhra Pradesh in 1978 as a member of the Congress Party, and he became the Minister of Technical Education and Cinematography in T. Anjaiah's cabinet, making him the state's youngest assembly member and youngest minister at the age of 28.

Telugu Desam Party

Later he came into contact with the then superstar and Matinee Idol of Telugu Cinema, late 'Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao'. The Nadamuri family was impressed with Chandrababu Naidu, and they soon proposed that NTR's daughter Bhuvaneswari be married to him. The wedding was conducted on a grand scale in Madras.

In early 1982, there were rumours that NTR was planning to plunge into politics by floating a regional political party. Nine months before the scheduled general elections, NTR floated a regional party 'Telugu Desam Party' (TDP) and was said to have invited Chandrababu to join the party, but Chandrababu stuck to the Congress party and contested again from Chandragiri constituency against a rival TDP candidate Venkatarama Naidu. The TDP swept the polls, and won by a huge majority. It was the first time Indian National Congress was defeated in the State after Independence. Chandrababu joined the TDP after he was defeated in the elections, predicting he would have a better future in his father-in-law's party.

In 1989 Assembly Elections, Chandrababu Naidu contested from his native constituency 'Kuppam' and won with a slender majority of 5,000-odd votes. But as the Congress had regained power in the state elections, Naidu had to sit in the Opposition. In 1994, the TDP regained power following an anti-Congress wave triggered by an anti-liquor agitation and a strong anti-incumbency factor. Naidu became the Finance and Revenue minister in NTR's cabinet. Chandrababu took over the post of Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 1 September 1995. He was also chosen as president of the Telugu Desam Party, sidelining NTR from TDP. NTR's sons, actors 'Nandamuri Harikrishna' and 'Nandamuri Balakrishna' and son-in-law 'Daggubati Venkateswara Rao' played a crucial role in the coup.

As a Chief Minister

Chandrababu Naidu was elected as a Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh with the required number of support from TDP MLA's. Chandrababu has also played active role National politics. He was instrumental in bringing non-Congress and non-BJP parties together and form THIRD FRONT in which he acted as a Convener. He was the man behind HD Devegowda becoming Prime Minister with his heavy lobbying and clout. It was highly published and rumoured that initially the offer was made to Chandrababu naidu to become Prime Minister which he politely refused. Naidu's vision for the future included multidimensional development of all citizens of the State. He is keen to develop the full potential of all citizens based on a strong moral foundation.Naidu has propagated a return to ethical and value based precepts in day-to-day life. In keeping with this commitment, he has launched new initiatives, like the Janmabhoomi programme which aims at achieving excellence in all walks of life and focuses on community-building through team work during his rule.

As Chief Minister he has undertaken administrative reforms in right earnest and laid emphasis as much on processes of 'transformating' as on 'informating' within Government. As part of the Administrative Reforms, Naidu used Information Technology for providing better quality of governance for the common man. Chandrababu naidu has expedited decision making within the government by making effective use of communication. For example, a videoconferencing unit enables the Chief Minister to simultaneously address all District Collectors or consult the Cabinet ministers on various issues. The Chief Minister Naidu has conducted video conferences with Collectors on various issues like the power situation, Clean and Green programme, rythu bazaars, monitoring of prices, implementation of road works, sanitation and public health, and law and order. The system has been extremely effective in overcoming the routine bureaucratic delays in the course of responding to issues of immediate public concern.

Hyderabad development

Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Naturally, when a foreign investor is coming, if I ask them to go to Warangal, Tirupati or Vijayawada they may not go. So for the key sectors like information technology, biotechnology, healthcare and various outsourcing services". He started the slogan " Bye-Bye Banglore, Hello Hyderabad". Microsoft Corporation has already set up a software development centre in Hyderabad, the second such centre outside its base in Seattle. Naidu managed to coax other global IT giants IBM, Dell, Deloitte, Computer Associates and Oracle to set up shop in Hyderabad, at a time when India hardly featured on global IT majors' radar. Naidu made impressive presentations before global CEOs and convinced them to invest in his state.