Mathukumilli Bharat

Mathukumilli Bharat
Mathukumilli Bharat campaigning in 2019
Member of the Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byM. V. V. Satyanarayana
ConstituencyVisakhapatnam
Personal details
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
RelativesNandamuri Balakrishna (father-in-law)
M. V. V. S. Murthi (grand father) Nara Lokesh (co-brother)
ResidenceVishakapatnam
Alma materPurdue University (Industrial Engineering)
Stanford University (M.B.A. and MA Joint Degree)
OccupationPresident GITAM
Websitewww.gitam.edu/about/president

Mathukumilli Sribharat is an Indian educationist and politician who is member of 18th Lok Sabha . He also serves as the President of Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), a private deemed university located in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.[1] He is also the founder of Hyderabad-based Kautilya School of Public Policy that offers masters and doctoral programs in public policy.[2][3]

Education

Bharat holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Class of 2010. He also obtained a joint MBA/MA Education degree from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Class of 2016.[4][5]

Family

He is the grandson of M. V. V. S. Murthi who is the founder of GITAM. He is married to Nandamuri Tejaswini, the younger daughter of Nandamuri Balakrishna.[6]

Politics

Bharat is a member of Telugu Desam Party having contested from Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency for the first time in Indian General Elections 2019. He lost by a margin of 4414 votes in 2019.[7] For the 2024 Indian General Elections he is again declared as a candidate from Vishakapatnam Lok Sabha constituency[8] and won the election by close to 5 lakh votes.

Election Results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Visakhapatnam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Mathukumilli Sribharat 907,467 65.42 Increase30.53
YSRCP Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi 4,03,220 29.07 Decrease6.17
INC Pulusu Satyanarayana Reddy 30,267 2.18 Increase1.00
PSP K. A. Paul 7,696 0.55 N/A
NOTA None of the above 5,313 0.38 Decrease0.96
Majority 5,04,247 36.35 Increase36.00
Turnout 13,87,125 71.11 Increase3.33
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

References

  1. ^ "Sribharat Mathukumilli | GITAM". www.gitam.edu. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ "About Us". Master's Program in Public Policy (MPP), Kautilya School of Public Policy, Best MPP Program. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Businessmen | In august company". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Bharat Mathukumilli(TDP):Constituency- VISAKHAPATNAM(ANDHRA PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "About President". gdch.edu.in. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ^ Staff, T. N. M. (3 October 2018). "GITAM founder and ex-MP MVVS Murthi killed in US road accident". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Visakhapatnam Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (22 March 2024). "It's official: TDP's Sribharat to vie with Botcha Jhansi from YSRCP for Vizag MP seat". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 April 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)