K. Kavitha

Kalvakuntla Kavitha (born 13 March 1978) is an Indian politician who currently serves as an MLC from Nizamabad since 2020.

She is a member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi party.

After her marriage, in 2003, Kavitha moved to the US with her husband.

Later, she worked as a software engineer in the USA before returning to India in 2006 with a vision to work for people of Telangana.

Kavitha is married to Devanapalli Anil Kumar, a Businessman.

They have two sons, Aaditya and Aarya.

In 2006, she came back to India to help her father in various ways.

In 2006, the Telangana movement got a fresh impetus with the resignation of its leader K Chandrashekhar Rao from the Union Cabinet to express his strong dissent with the Central Government for going back on the promise of Telangana State formation.

This inspired millions of people from Telangana, who left their careers to join the movement.

Motivated by the commitment and sacrifices made by the movement's leader and others who joined the movement, Kavitha plunged herself in the people's movement.

To get a first hand knowledge of the problems affecting the people, Kavitha traveled the length and breadth of Telangana, touring the most remote villages.

This journey led to a paradigm shift in Kavitha's understanding of society in general and Telangana.

The magnitude of poverty, lack of basic needs like power, potable and irrigated water, unemployment and related exploitation moved her.

Despite the despair in Telangana, Kavitha observed, Telangana people had a great love and enthusiasm for indigenous art and culture across all sections.

Kavitha believed that love for indigenous arts, could be a common thread to bind all sections of the society together.

Bathukamma was one of the unique festivals, which is connected to the hearts of people of Telangana.

By celebrating Bathukamma on a large scale and involving people from all sections of the society, she aimed to instill a sense of pride in their own culture.

Drawing Inspiration from the ongoing people's movement for the statehood of Telangana and a strong desire to work for the welfare of the people, led Kavitha to the formation of Telangana Jagruthi in August 2006.

However, the organization was formally registered in November 2007.

The word Jagruthi means Awakening.

Awakening the Telangana society to a renewed sense of pride & unity was the goal.

As the name Jagruthi implies, Kavitha believed in bringing the women & youth of Telangana together by instilling a sense of pride to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the region.

Telangana Jagruthi played a key role in mobilizing the support of women and youth and also large sections of the society which acted as a force multiplier in the peaceful and non violent struggle for Telangana Statehood.

K. Kavitha took an initiative to skill the youth of Telangana for making them ready for the gainful employment.

Currently Telangana Jagruthi Skill Centers are imparting training to 8500 students across Telangana and assist them in placements.

Kavithamma - as local people call her, is often identified with Bathukamma, a floral festival of Telangana.

Kavitha worked for decade via Telangana Jagruthi and arranged organized celebrations of Bathukamma in Telangana and globally.

Now Bathukamma is celebrated in more than 30 countries.

Kavitha is actively involved in labour and trade unions.

Currently she serves in the following Labour and Trade Unions.

She represented as an Member of Parliament from Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency from 2014 to 2019.

She is the daughter of former Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Kalvakuntla Kavitha was born in Karimnagar to Chandrashekhar Rao and Shobha.

Her father is leader of Telangana Movement and first chief minister of Telangana state.

Her father is from Chinthamadaka village in Siddipet District, Telangana.

She has done her B.Tech in CSE from VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology and completed Master of Sciences from University of Southern Mississippi.

In 2014, the new state of Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh and Kavitha's father was the leader of the movement for statehood.

In the election of May 2014, her father's party swept the Telangana seats both for the state assembly and the national parliament and her father became the first Chief Minister of Telangana.

Kavitha remained in India to help him in various ways.

She lost Lok Sabha election 2019 from Nizamabad to a BJP candidate Arvind Dharmapuri.