as the party did not meet the deadline to take a decision on the issue of creation of a separate state of Telangana. He later joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional Party which was spearheading the movement for creation of a separate state, along with two other members of Parliament. He was appointed as the Secretary General of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and its chairman of national affairs, as second in command. Dr. Rao was elected to Rajya sabha in 2014 from TRS Party for a six-year term. He was nominated as the Chairman (Leader) of the TRS Parliamentary Party, which was the eighth largest party in the Parliament with 12 members. Rao was a prominent student leader and held elected positions both at the university and national level. He is a trade union leader. He led many peoples' movements like Backward classes and civil rights. Rao courted arrests by police many times and suffered detentions. He was a prominent politician, who was tipped for Chief Minister position in the first decade of this century, as quoted by Times of India and the local newspapers and TV channels. He was the producer and screenplay writer of a National Award-winning feature film in Telugu, Nimajjanam in 1979. In Parliament Member, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) (May 2006 - July 2009) Member, Committee on Commerce (June 2006 - May 2009) and (Aug. 2009 - 2010) Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs (June 2006 - May 2009) Member, Board of Governors, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (June 2006 - April 2012) Member, Press Council of India (July 2006-Jan. 2011) Member, Committee on Rules (May 2008 - Sept. 2010) Member, Committee on Human Resource Development (May 2008 - May 2009) and (Aug. 2010 - April 2012) Member, Court of the University of Hyderabad (July 2008 - July 2011) Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs (Aug. 2009 - April 2012) Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Sept. 2014–Present)) Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (Oct. 2014 onwards) Member, Rajya Sabha's Forum on Panchayati Raj (Feb. 2016 onwards) Books published New Deal to Education, 1984 Social Philosophy in Recent Indian Thought, 1987 Personal life He is married to Vasantha Kumari and has two sons and two daughters. Awards Global Association of Universal Peace ( GAUP ) announced its inaugural International Prize to Dr. Kancherla Kheshava Rao garu. References External