P. Mahender Reddy

P. Mahender Reddy
Minister for Transport
In office
2014-2019
Constituency Tandur, Vikarabad, Telangana, India
Personal details
Born Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse(s) Sunitha Mahender Reddy
Children Two
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Patnam Mahender Reddy is an Indian politician and four-time legislator. He is a Veterinarian and the first transport minister of newly formed Telangana state.[1][2] He is the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tandur, Telangana.[3]

Early life

Mahender Reddy was born in Hyderabad. He is a veterinary doctor which related to study of animals. He is the nephew of former Home Minister and MLA, P. Indra Reddy. He received a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Sciences (BVSc) from Osmania University.

Career

Mahender Reddy is a 4-time MLA from Tandur Assembly Constituency. He was elected as MLA to Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly from Tandur assembly constituency in 1994, 1999 and 2009 and after bifurcation of the state was re-elected in 2014 to Telangana Legislative Assembly.

He elected first in the 1994 general elections from Tandur constituency, Ranga Reddy District on Telugu Desam Party. Mahendar Reddy was the Ranga Reddy district President of Telugudesam party.

TRS Party

He joined TRS before the elections of 2014 without a substantial participation in the Telangana statehood formation agitation. Currently, he is the Minister for Transportation in the first Telangana government.

Personal life

He is married to Sunitha Reddy. She is the current Zilla Parishad Chairperson of Ranga Reddy District, her second term. His brother Narender Reddy is an MLC from erstwhile Ranga Reddy District, his second term.

Other interests

He is the Chairman of Patnam Mahender Reddy Memorial Educational Society which consists of three engineering colleges (listed below) in and around the city of Hyderabad.

  • PRRM Engineering College, Shabad, Ranga Reddy district
  • Raja Mahendra College of Engineering, Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district
  • P.Indra Reddy Memorial Engineering College, Chevella, Ranga Reddy district

References

  1. ↑ "Mahender Reddy Telangana Transport Minister". Tsrtcbus. Banglore. 6 October 2015.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Children's day out

https://archive.is/20120406061943/http://www.prrm.co.in/index.html http://www.rajamahendra.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120307100808/http://www.pirmec.org/index.html


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