Sujana Chowdary
[5] Chowdary entered politics in 2010[6] when he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of Parliament, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Andhra Pradesh on 22 June 2010.Chowdary served as member of the Indo-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group, jointly set up as a step towards strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries’ Parliaments.Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) programme, Sujana Chowdary adopted Ponnavaram village, which is located about 60 km from Vijayawada in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh.Under the programme, he has initiated the transformation of the place into a model village[7] by implementing various development programs such as digital class rooms in the local government school, conducting medical camps, laying cement roads, building toilets for the households.[9] The Foundation supports two schools for challenged children in Chennai, an Old Age Home in Hyderabad, and grants scholarships and merit awards for excellence to students in the areas of academics, sports, social entrepreneurship, innovation in engineering, agriculture, poverty alleviation and rural development.