RAJ BHAVAN ODISHA

Name :

Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati

Date of Birth :

15-June-1953

Place of Birth :

Timmasamudram Village, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh.

Parents :

Late Sri Kambhampati Venkateswarlu and Late Smt Seethamma

Spouse :

Smt Jayasree

Children :

Two Daughters. Smt Chetana married to Sri Chukkapalli Chakravarthy and Smt Chandana married to Sri Tripuraneni Varun

Grand Children :

Chukkapalli Arnina & Chukkapalli Arnav

As a Student Leader, participated in the Jai Andhra Movement along with Sri Tenneti Viswanatham, Sardar Gowthu Lachanna and Sri Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu in 1972
Served as Secretary of Andhra University Engineering College Student’s Union between 1972 and 1973
Actively participated in Lok Sangharsh Samithi Agitation under Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan during 1974-1975 and was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during emergency and Imprisoned for 6 months in Visakhapatnam Central Jail and Musheerabad Jail
Served as Andhra Pradesh State Executive Member of Janata Party in 1977.
Served as Andhra Pradesh Yuva Morcha State Vice-President of Janata Party in 1978
Served as Secretary of Andhra University Teachers Association in 1988.
Served as BJP State Executive Member of Andhra Pradesh from1991 to 1993
Served as BJP State General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh from1993 to 2003
Served as Floor Leader BJP Legislature Party, Andhra Pradesh from 2003 to 2004
Served as BJP National Secretary in 2005
Served as BJP National Disciplinary Committee Member from 2013 to 2014
Served as Andhra Pradesh BJP State President from 2014 to 2018
Served as BJP National Executive Member from 2018 to 2021

Elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Visakhapatnam-1 Assembly Constituency in the year 1999
Elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Visakhapatnam Parliamentary Constituency in the year 2014
Member of Taskforce constituted by Central Government for interlinking of rivers from 2003 to 2004

Member of Public Undertaking Committee
Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Commerce
Member of Consultative Committee of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Member of MPLADS Committee
Chairman of Standing Committee on Energy

Appointed as Governor of Mizoram by Honorable President of India on 06-07- 2021.

Warrant of Appointment by Hon’ble President of India as Governor of Odisha on 24-12-2024
Sworn in as Governor of Odisha by Shri Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court of Orissa on 03-01-2025 in the New Abhishek Hall of the Raj Bhavan, Odisha

Graduated with Master of Arts in History from Nagarjuna University, AndhraPradesh
Graduated with Master of Philosophy on the topic- “Trade and Commerce in Andhra under Vijayanagar Dynasty” from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph.D on the topic “Agrarian Economy in Andhra under Vijayanagar” from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Author of the book “Economic conditions in Andhra under Vijayanagar”
Post-Doctoral thesis on “Society and Women in Andhra”
Author of articles published in journals of IHCR, INC, SIHC, APHC
Worked as an officer in Andhra Bank
Formerly member of teaching faculty for Post Graduate students in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

RAJ BHAVANODISHA