Jesudasu Seelam

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Jesudasu Seelam is 71 years old elected from Andhra Pradesh as Rajyasabha member. He is a member of Indian National Congress.

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Worked as Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1977-1981)

Member, (i) Indian Audit and Accounts Service (I.A.&A.S.), 1981-83, (ii) Indian Police Service (I.P.S.), 1983 and (iii) Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.) 1984-99

served as Assistant Accountant General, Andhra Pradesh, 1982-83

worked as (i) Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Hospet, (ii) Collector and District Magistrate, Distt. Mandya, Karnataka, (iii) Deputy Secretary, Forests, PWD & Irrigation, Government of Karnataka, (iv) Deputy Resident Commissioner, Karnataka Bhavan, (v) Commissioner, Minority Welfare & Commissioner for Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka, 1984-99, (vi) Officer on Special Duty (O.S.D.), Government of Karnataka, July 2000-May 2004, (vii) Private Secretary to Union Minister for Railways for three years, & Minister for Social Welfare (now Social Justice & Empowerment), Government of India for two years and (viii) General Manager, Handicrafts & Handloom Export Corporation (Government of India), Member, (i) Global Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS constituted by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), (ii) Indo-U.S. Parliamentarians Forum, (iii) India-Pakistan Parliamentarian Forum, (iv) Indo-Chile Parliamentary Forum and (v) SC/ST forum of Parliamentarians

elected Vice-President, IPU First Standing Committee (Peace & International Security) at the 116th Assembly and Second Standing Committee at the 114th Assembly

Secretary-General, Parliamentarians Forum on HIV/AIDS

Former Secretary, Indian National Congress

In-charge, Delimitation Exercise, Congress Party

Co-Rapporteur, Third Standing Committee for the 116th Assembly of the IPU

elected Rapporteur, Drafting Committee of the First Standing Committee at the 118th Assembly Cape Town (South Africa)

Attended, (i) 112th IPU Assembly, Manila (Phillippines), 2005, (ii) 114th IPU Assembly, Nairobi (Kenya), 2006, (iii) 116th IPU Assembly, Bali (Indonesia), 2007, (iv) 118th IPU Assembly, Cape Town (South Africa), 2008 and (v) First IPU Global Meeting of Parliamentarians at Manila (Philippines), 2007

as a Member of the Parliamentarians Forum on HIV/AIDS, assisted in organizing Legislators Fora in 14 States

conducted, (i) National Seminar of elected representatives, 2003, (ii) Youth Parliament on HIV/AIDS, 2004, (iii) North East Zonal Convention of MLAs, Guwahati, 2005 and (iv) National Convention of Zilla Parishad Presidents & Mayors, 2006

Participated in (i) the World AIDS Congress, Bangkok, 2004, (ii) International Congress, Toronto, 2006, (iii) ICAAP, Colombo, 2007 and (iv) the Euro Asia Leadership Workshop on AIDS, Moscow

addressed the elected representatives at the SAARC regional seminars at Islamabad, Dhaka, Lahore and Peshawar during 2005-07

conducted interactive sessions with the people living with HIV/AIDS periodically and has been coordinating with the NGOs working for the cause of HIV/AIDS across the country and the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and State societies for advocacy (prevention), treatment, care and support of the affected persons

Presented papers and spoke on issues of social empowerment, capacity building for marginalized sections, HIV/AIDS, democracy and renewable energy in various national and international workshops and seminars