Jayadev Galla Age, Wiki and Bio

Jayadev Galla

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth24/03/1966
Age58 years
BirthplaceDiguvamagham, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Bio/Wiki

Other name(s)
  • Galla Jayadev
  • Jay Galla

Physical Stats & More

Height180 cm
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt & Pepper (half bald)

Educational Qualification(s)

College/University
  • Westmont High School in Westmont, Illinois, United States
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States
Educational Qualification
  • Diploma from Westmont High School in Westmont, Illinois, United States
  • BA in political science and economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States

Personal Life

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date26/06/1991

Family

FatherGalla Ramachandra Naidu (businessman)
MotherGalla Aruna Kumari (politician)
Siblings
Sister
  • Ramadevi Gourineni (neurologist and sleep medicine specialist)
SpousePadmavathi Ghattamaneni (director, producer, and politician)
Children
Son
  • Ashok Galla (actor)
  • Siddharth Galla (politician)
Other Relatives
Maternal GrandfatherPaturi Rajagopala Naidu (freedom fighter and parliamentarian; died on 21 October 1997)
Father-in-LawGhattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy (south Indian actor; died on 15 November 2022 due to cardiac arrest)
Mother-in-LawVijaya Nirmala (Indian actress, director, and producer, who passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest on 26 June 2019)
Brother-in-Law
  • Mahesh babu (actor)
  • Ramesh Babu (Indian actor and film producer; he passed away on 8 January 2022 after suffering from a prolonged liver infection)
  • Naresh Babu (actor, politician, and social activist)
Sister-in-Law
  • Manjula Ghattamaneni (actress and producer)
  • Priyadarshini Ghattamaneni

Career

Politics
Political PartyTDM (Telugu Desam Party)
Political Journey
  • In 2014, he joined Telugu Desam Party (TDM)
  • On May 2014, he became a member of the Parliament
  • On 1 September 2014, he became a member of various committees and boards
  • On 11 May 2016, he became a member of the joint committee
  • On 1 September 2017, he became a member of the standing committee on defence
  • In May 2019, he was re-elected as a member of the Parliament
  • On 13 September 2019, he became a member of the standing committee on internal affairs
  • On 9 October 2019, he became a member of the rules committee
  • On 13 September 2020, he became a member of various committees
  • On 13 September 2021, he became a member of the standing committee on communications and information technology
Awards
  • Won the Best CEO Award in the auto ancillary category by Business Today in 2015
  • Won Award for the Most Promising Company of the Year Award by CNBC at the IBLA (Indian Business Leadership Awards) in 2017

Style Quotient

Car Collection
  • Mahindra Tractor (1995)
  • TAFE: Tractor (2003)
  • Toyota Kirloskar: Innova (2014)
  • Tata Ace (2017)
Bike Collection
  • Royal Enfield (2015)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Jayadev Galla is the vice chairman and managing director of the Indian multinational conglomerate company, Amara Raja Group.
He represents the Guntur constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha of India.
Jayadev Galla moved to the USA at a young age and lived there for about 22 years.
While studying at the University of Illinois, he joined the ‘Lambda Chi Alpha’ fraternity.
After his studies, he worked as an international sales executive at GNB Battery Technologies in the United States.
In 1992, he returned to India and began managing the sales and service network of Amara Raja, his father's company.
He initiated a joint venture in 1992 between Amara Raja Group and Johnson Controls International to form Amara Raja Batteries Limited (ARBL).
Amara Raja Batteries Limited's brand, Amaron, is a renowned lead-acid battery manufacturing company in India.
In 2003, Jayadev Galla was appointed as the managing director of Amara Raja Batteries Limited and later became its vice chairman.
In August 2013, he became the vice chairman of the entire Amara Raja Group of Companies.
In 2021, ARBL's board members decided to invest in green technologies to expand their business.
Jayadev Galla has delivered over 100 speeches in the Indian Parliament on various public interest matters.
Before entering politics, he assisted his mother by working as her political manager.
Sources indicate that Jayadev Galla is one of the wealthiest politicians in India.
In 2014, he was the richest candidate from Andhra Pradesh contesting the Lok Sabha elections.