Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

MP
In office 2014 - Incumbent
Preceded by	Jaipal Reddy
Constituency	Chevella
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-26) 26 February 1960 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse(s)	Sangita Reddy Executive Director of Apollo Hospitals
Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Religion	Hindu
Website	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy (born 26 February 1960) is an Indian politician and a member of parliament from Chevella (Lok Sabha constituency), Telangana. He won the Indian general election, 2014 being an Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate.^[1] Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy is his paternal grandfather after whom district Ranga Reddy was named.

He is the current richest politician of Telangana with assests ₹528 crore (US$78 million) according to Deccan Chronicle.^[2] He married Sangita Reddy, daughter of Apollo Hospitals founder Prathap C. Reddy.

Early life

He was born in Hyderabad, Telangana state, India to Jayalatha and Konda Madhava Reddy, Former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. His paternal grandfather was a Telangana freedom fighter and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy. Ranga Reddy District in Telangana State is named after him.

He is an Engineer from University of Madras, College of Engineering Guindy. He worked as an adjunct faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J. and Essex County College, Newark.

Career

He is a successful software entrepreneur, he founded Citadel Research & Solutions a company involved in Engineering Research and Development. He was involved in the creations of several IPR's. As a professional he worked for General Electric as the CEO & Managing Director of GE MSIT and as the CEO & Managing Director Wipro HCIT Wipro.

Political career

He participated in agitation for Telangana statehood. He won from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency by over a margin of 75,000 votes.

Personal life

He is married to Sangita Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals.^[3] He has three sons Anindith,Vishwajith,Viraj.

References

↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ "Vishweshwar Reddy is richest in Telangana with Rs 528 cr"
↑ "Sangita Reddy"

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Telangana State

GE 2014	A. P. Jithender Reddy Asaduddin Owaisi Azmeera Seetaram Naik B B Patil Balka Suman Bandaru Dattatreya Burra Narsaiah Ch Malla Reddy G. Nagesh Gutha Sukender Reddy K. Kavitha Kadiyam Srihari Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Konda Vishweshwar Reddy Nandi Yellaiah Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Vinod Kumar Boianapalli

Bye-elections 2014	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy Pre-bye poll: Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao - resigned

Bye-elections 2015	Pasunuri Dayakar Pre-bye poll: Kadiyam Srihari - resigned

15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BH CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH KL KA MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeast AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union Territories AN CH DN DD LD DL PY

External links

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy on Facebook

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