Marri Shashidhar Reddy (born 24 August 1949) is an Indian

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. He has been active both at the state level and national level politics in India. He was elected as an MLA four times from Sanathnagar (Assembly constituency). The first time he contested by-polls was in 1992 and he was elected again three times (1994, 2004, 2009) from the same constituency. In 2005, he became part of the high-powered National Disaster Management Authority, he has been responsible for formulating the

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guidelines that would ensure prompt and effective response to

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in any part of India. He was also the Convener of the National level Task Force on Naxal violence set up in 2004. On 19 November 2022 Marri Shashidhar Reddy was expelled from congress party for six years for anti-party activities. He joined BJP on 25 November 2022 in New Delhi in presence of Party President J. P. Nadda, Union ministers

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along with senior leaders of Telangana.

Early life

Marri Shashidhar Reddy was born in

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

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to former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,

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Education

Shashidhar Reddy earned a Master’s degree in

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from the

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, USA, in 1973. Earlier he was an ( ICAR) Merit Scholar as an under-grad graduated from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad and graduated in 1971 with a B.Sc. (Ag) degree. Earlier, he was also briefly a student of BA (English Honours) at St. Stephen's College,

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, in 1967 and a student of

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Career

He was convener of the National level Task Force on Naxal violence in 2004. The Task Force's objective was to study the causes of Naxal violence in India. The Task Force submitted its report in 2005. As a member of the National Disaster Management Agency since 2005, he has been responsible for formulating guidelines that would ensure prompt and effective response to

in any part of India. He is also responsible for delineating the role insurance and

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can play in preparing the people before a natural disaster strikes and rehabilitating the people affected by a natural disaster. He was an invited participant of the Shimla Chintan Shivir (High Level brainstorming Session) organised by All India Congress Committee (

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) in 2003. He participated in an International Training Seminar on "Political Strategies" at Sintra, Portugal in 1994, which was organised by the

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of Germany. He represented India as a member of

delegation to the second UN commission on "

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", at

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in 1994. He is closely connected to the World Bank funded Cyclone Emergency Reconstruction Project, which was established after the 1990 cyclone hit the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh. He has been a water activist and has especially taken up water issues like the optimal utilisation of water from

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and

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rivers..

Personal life

Marri Shashidhar Reddy is married to Indira Reddy and has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Marri Shashidhar Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana Telugu politicians Indian environmentalists St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni Kansas State University alumni Living people 1955 births All Saints High School (Hyderabad) alumni Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014