Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

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Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
2024
Residence(s) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Education M.S
Alma mater New Jersey Institute of Technology
Website kvrformp.org

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy (born 26 February 1960) is an Indian engineer, entrepreneur, and politician. He is the current[ citation needed ] Member of Parliament [ citation needed ] in the 18th Lok Sabha [ citation needed ] from Bharatiya Janata Party Chevella constituency and served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha from Bharat Rashtra Samithi representing Chevella, Telangana. He is the grandson of K. V. Ranga Reddy after whom the district Ranga Reddy was named.

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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 crore in 2014 and ₹895 crore in 2019 and ₹ 4560 crore in 2024 according to his election affidavit. [1] [2] He is married to Sangita Reddy, daughter of Apollo Hospitals founder Prathap C. Reddy. [3]

In 2018, Reddy joined the Indian National Congress and resigned in March 2021. [4]

Early life

Vishweshwar Reddy was born on 26 February 1960 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India to Jayalatha and Konda Madhava Reddy, Former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. [5] His paternal grandfather was a Telangana freedom fighter and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy. [6]

Reddy is completed his B.E. (Electrical engineering) from the University of Madras. He has a master's degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, US. [5]

Career

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

Recognitions

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, in 2019 he stood as Congress candidate from Chevella but lost by 14,000 votes.

Reddy resigned from Bharat Rashtra Samithi in November 2018 and joined Indian National Congress in the presence of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. He later resigned Congress party too in March 2021 to join the Bharatiya Janata Party [4] and contested 2024 loksabha elections on BJP Ticket from Chevella as BJP candidate and won by a margin of 1,72,897 votes. [8] He was the appointed as Chief Whip in Lok Sabha on 29 July 2024. [9]

Policy influence

Personal life

He is married to Sangita Reddy, managing director, Apollo Hospitals. [11] He has three sons including Anindith. [12]

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