Shri. A. V. Swamy was a renowned social worker, and was director of NGO Oxfam. He had started his own NGO Viswas at Khariar Road. Prior to joining politics, he was appointed as Non-Official Block Development Officer in Boipariguda block in Koraput district in 1961. He also worked as Regional Development Officer in the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) from 1963 to 1973.A Former Rajya Sabha member and social worker Alajangi Viswanath Swamy died of prolonged illness at his Khariar Road residence. He was 91.Born on July 18, 1929, in undivided Koraput district (now Nabarangpur), Swamy was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha as an Independent candidate in 2012. Having completed his BSc from Ravenshaw College (now University), he did his BTech in Chemical Engineering from Bombay University in 1955. at his Khariar Road residence. He was 91.Born on July 18, 1929, in undivided Koraput district (now Nabarangpur), Swamy was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha as an Independent candidate in 2012. Having completed his BSc from Ravenshaw College (now University), he did his BTech in Chemical Engineering from Bombay University in 1955.
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Rajya Sabha mourns AV Swamy's demise
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha, Monday, mourned the demise of former Odisha MP, social worker and veteran freedom fighter AV Swamy, who passed away December 31 last year.
While reading the obituary reference in the Upper House, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said, 'A social worker, Swamy participated in the freedom struggle as a member of the 'Vanar Sena' at the tender age of 12 to support the underground freedom fighters during the Quit India Movement in 1942. In 1955, right after graduating as the first ever chemical technologist in Odisha from the Bombay University, he joined the Sarvodaya Movement under the leadership of Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
Swamy contributed immensely towards strengthening of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, introduced in the country for the first time in 1961.'
Born in 1929, in Nabarangpur, Swamy was educated at the erstwhile Ravenshaw College, Bombay University, Utkal University and the Selly Oak College, Birmingham, UK. He served as the First Non-Official Block Development Officer of Boipariguda Block in Koraput District of Odisha in 1961, and as the Regional Development Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Eastern Zone, from 1963 to 1973.
AV Swamy represented the state of Odisha in this House, from April, 2012 to April, 2018.
'Swamy used to make very meaningful and constructive contribution in this House.
The country has lost a veteran freedom fighter, an able parliamentarian and a renowned and dedicated social worker. We deeply mourn the passing away of AV Swamy,' said Naidu.
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