Uma Ramesh sharma B.A. was a member of Indian Parliament. She was born at Palghat, Kerala on 17 November 1953. She was educated at Madras University. She married Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju on 18 August 1971. They had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1989 and she married film maker Ramesh Sharma in 1991. Anand Ganapathi Raju died in 2016. She was Vice-President of All India Women's Hockey Federation; Vice-Chairperson, Organising Committee, Freedom Run and Marathon; Member, Nehru Cricket Club; Vice-President, National Institute of Social Action and National Red Cross Society;