Son of four-time MLA stays away from politics and works as navigation officer

While heirs of public representatives can easily shine in politics with the help of their family members, the son of former Bellampalli MLA Gunda Mallesh is standing out for treading his own path. He is currently working as a navigation officer in Turkey instead of following in the footsteps of his father, a four-time legislator.

Gunda Praveen, son of



Gunda Mallesh, who created a sorts of record by winning from Bellampalli by contesting on the ticket of the CPI in 1983, 1985, 1999 and 2009, was with the Indian Navy for seven years before associating with different international bulk carriers in 2004. He has been planning passage and navigating ships and vessels carrying various goods to different countries for two decades.