Jayadev Galla

Galla Jayadev (born 24 March 1966), also known as Jay Galla, is an Indian politician and industrialist in India. He is the managing director of Amara Raja Group and TDP Parliamentary Party Leader. Jayadev is a member of 16th and 17th Lok Sabha of India representing from Guntur Lok Sabha constituency and a member of Telugu Desam Party. Early and personal life Galla Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu and Aruna Kumari. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Galla Aruna Kumari is a former MLA from Chandragiri constituency and was a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government for several years. Galla Jayadev, has 1 Elder Sister : Dr. Gourineni Ramadevi. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naidu was a freedom fighter, a close associate of Acharya N G Ranga and a former Indian parliamentarian. Along with his parents, Jayadev moved to the US, where he lived for around 22 years. He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a part of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity while there. Jay married Padmavathi Ghattamaneni, daughter of prominent Indian actor Krishna Ghattamaneni on 26 June 1991. They have two children – Siddharth Galla, and Ashok Galla, an actor. He is known to be very close to his brother-in-law, actor Mahesh Babu.