Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as "Avanthi Srinivas", is an Indian educationalist turned politician. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bheemili, Andhra Pradesh. He operates "Avanthi Education Institutes" in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under "Avanthi Educational Society", Visakhapatnam. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a candidate. Personal life. He was born on 12 Jun 1967 to Muttamsetti Venkata Narayana and Smt. Muttamsetti Nageswaramma. He married Smt. M. Gnaneswari on 20 Jun 1986 and has 2 children – 1 daughter: Priyanka, 1 son: Nandish. Political career. He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh  Legislative Assembly between 2009 and 2014. In May, 2014 he was elected to 16th Lok Sabha. At the Lok Sabha, he was the member of the Rules Committee; Standing Committee on Industry and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development. On 14 February 2019, he quit the TDP to join the YSRCP. He was elected in Bheemili constituency as member of legislative assembly for the second time in the 2019 elections. He had also won in the same constituency in the 2009. He was appointed Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh.