Patnam Mahender Reddy

P. Mahender Reddy
P. Mahender Reddy
Minister of Transport; Government of Telangana
	In office; 2 June 2014 – 8 September 2018
Preceded by	Puvvada Ajay Kumar
Constituency	Tandur
Minister For Department of Mines and Geology and I&PR (Telangana); Government of Telangana
	In office; 24 August 2023 – 3 December 2023
Succeeded by	Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy
Personal details
Born	23 September 1963 (age 60); Hyderabad
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse	Sunitha Mahender Reddy
Children	1 Son , 1 Daughter
Parents	Late Sri P. Malla Reddy (father); Smt. P. Rukkamma (mother);
Residence	Hyderabad
Education	B.V.sc
	Source: [telangana.gov.in]

Dr. Patnam Mahender Reddy is the minister of Mines & Geology and Information & Public Relations in the current Telangana state cabinet and is a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) in Telangana Legislative Council. He had also served as the Transport minister of Telangana state from 2014 to 2018. He was the most successful MLA from Tandur Constituency by winning four terms.^[2]^[3] He was elected as Member of Legislative council (MLC) in 2019.

Early life

Mahender Reddy was born in Golluriguda in Shabad Mandal. He is a veterinary doctor which is 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

He is the present Member of Legislative council (MLC) in Telangana from 2019. Mahender Reddy was 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 was elected first in the 1994 general elections from Tandur constituency, Ranga Reddy District on Telugu Desam Party. Mahender Reddy was the Ranga Reddy district President of Telugudesam party.

TRS

Mahender Reddy was the Ranga Reddy District President of the Telugu Desam Party from 2009 to 2014 and joined TRS in 2014 and successfully got elected as an MLA from Tandur assembly constituency for a 4th term. He was the Minister for Transportation in the first Telangana government. He has lost the elections in Nov 2018. However, his clout on the Rangareddy district politics ensured that the TRS party elected him as an MLC.

Personal life

He is married to Sunitha Reddy. She is the current Zilla Parishad Chairperson of Ranga Reddy District, her second term. His brother Patnam Narender Reddy was an MLC from erstwhile Ranga Reddy District, his second term. In Nov. 2018, Patnam Narender Reddy fought election against Revanth Reddy and won from Kodangal constituency.

Other interests

He is Chairman of Dr. Patnam Mahender Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Chevella.

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

^ telangana.gov.in
^ "Mahender Reddy Telangana Transport Minister". Tsrtcbus. Bangalore. 6 October 2015.
^ "Telangana Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy warns erring transport operators". Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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

[1] telangana.gov.in

[2] "Mahender Reddy Telangana Transport Minister". Tsrtcbus. Bangalore. 6 October 2015.

[3] "Telangana Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy warns erring transport operators". Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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