Konda Vishweshwar Reddy (born 26 February 1960) is an Indian engineer, entrepreneur, and politician. He served as a

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in the 16th Lok Sabha from

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

representing Chevella,

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

. He is the grandson of K. V. Ranga Reddy after whom the district Ranga Reddy was named. Reddy is the only Parliamentarian from India to be granted a US patent while serving as a Member of Parliament. He is the richest politician from Telangana with declared assets of worth 528

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in 2014 and 895

in 2019 according to his election affidavit. He is married to

Sangita Reddy Sangita Reddy is an Indian businessperson who works as a Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals. Career Sangita Reddy is Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprises and the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Comme ...

, daughter of

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founder

Prathap C. Reddy Prathap Chandra Reddy (born 5 February 1933) is an Indian entrepreneur and cardiologist who founded the first corporate chain of hospitals in India, the Apollo Hospitals. ''India Today'' ranked him 48th in its 2017 list of India's 50 most pow ...

. In 2018, Reddy joined the

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and resigned in March 2021.

Early life

Vishweshwar Reddy was born on 26 February 1960 in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...

, then

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, 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. Reddy is completed his B.E. (

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) from the University of Madras. He has a master's degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, US.

Career

As an engineer by profession, Reddy had worked as an adjunct faculty in the New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J. and

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, Newark. 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 IPRs. As a professional, he worked for General Electric as the CEO and managing director of GE MSIT and as the CEO and managing director Wipro HCIT

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Recognitions

* Granted US Patent on "Transfer Belt Mechanism Associated with Patient Transfer Gurney System (India & US)"

Political career

Reddy joined politics in 2013 on invitation from K. Chandrashekar Rao, President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party. Further, he won the Member of Parliament seat from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 General Elections by over a margin of 75,000 votes. Reddy resigned from

in November 2018 and joined

in the presence of

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (''née'' Maino; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independen ...

and Rahul Gandhi. He later resigned

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party in March 2021.Now he is in Bharatiya Janata Party

Policy influence

* Convener of WASH Legislative Forum of Parliamentarians. WASH stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. WASH-LF is supported by UNICEF working of various issues related to sanitation. * Convener of Parliamentarians' Group for Children to UNICEF India

Personal life

He is married to

, Managing Director,

. He has three sons including Anindith.

References

External links

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