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Indian educationist and politician

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. He is also the founder of Hyderabad-based Kautilya School of Public Policy that offers masters and doctoral programs in public policy.

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.

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.

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. For the 2024 Indian General Elections he is again declared as a candidate from Vishakapatnam Lok Sabha constituency 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)
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