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 TDP 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 - 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 as Bheemili constituency as member of legislative assembly from the second time in the 2019 elections. He had also won in the same constituency in the 2009. He was appointed as Minister of Tourism Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh in India.