Kadiyam Srihari (born 8 July 1952) is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

and Minister for Education of Telangana from 2014 to December 2018. He is a former

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from

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

constituency from the State of Telangana (2014-2015). He also worked as Minister in the cabinets of

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and

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and represented Ghanpur (Station) constituency as an MLA. He worked as the Politburo member of

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

and the General Secretary of

. Kadiyam served as Minister of undivided

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from 1995 to 2004 in Marketing, Social Welfare later Education and later Irrigation under the Cabinet of

. He joined

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 singl ...

party and is its politburo member. He took oath as a cabinet minister in

government on 25 January 2015 as a Deputy Chief Minister and also Education Minister.

Early life

Kadiyam Srihari was born in

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, a village in the

Warangal district Warangal district, formerly Warangal Rural district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Hanamkonda, Mulugu and Bhupalpally districts. As of June 2021, Hanamkonda tentativ ...

. He attended Zilla Parishad High School in

and, then was awarded a B.Sc. from the Arts and Science College in the same city. In 1975, he got a M.Sc. from

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

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 (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

Career

Srihari began his professional career as a manager for

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in Nizamabad, where he worked between 1975-77. He then became a teacher, working as a junior lecturer between 1977-1987. During this period, he served as the District President for the Government Junior Lecturers Association in Warangal and also as the State Secretary for the same body in

. He entered politics in February 1987 when he was asked by

to join the

. He contested the position of mayor of Warangal Municipal Corporation. He served as Chairman for Kakatiya Urban Development Authority, Warangal in 1988. He was the District President for

from 1987-1994. Srihari won a seat as a MLA from Station Ghanpur constituency in 1994. He served as a minister in the cabinet of

, handling at various times the portfolios of Marketing, Social Welfare, Education and Irrigation in the Cabinets of both

and

. In 2004, Srihari lost the general election contest in Station Ghanpur to Dr. Vijaya Rama Rao of the

. He won a by-election from the same constituency in 2008. He played a crucial role in getting the pro-Telangana letter from TDP party and also represented TDP in an all-party meeting held in New Delhi.

TRS

Srihari announced his resignation from the TDP at Warangal on 11 May 2013, expressing displeasure over the party's ambivalent stand on the Telangana statehood issue. He formally joined the TRS, which supported statehood for the Telangana region, on 15 May 2013. He served as the Member of Parliament from Warangal Parliamentary Constituency and later took oath as a cabinet minister in Telangana government on 25 January 2015 as a Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister. He is a Politburo member in the TRS state committee and also Chairman of training classes programmer for Telangana cadre. He is the chairman of TRS manifesto committee and played a crucial role in representing the aspirations of various sectors of people. With his vast experience as a minister in the past, he was chosen as deputy chief minister and education minister of the state of Telangana. On 11 June 2015, he resigned as Member of Parliament as he was offered a ministry in Telangana government because he was elected as MLC (Member of the legislative council).

Positions held

* Minister for Irrigation * Minister for Social Welfare * Minister for Education * Minister for Marketing * Minister for Education * Deputy CM

Political statistics

References

External links

Telangana State: Live NEWS Updates

Shri. Kadiyam Srihari Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Srihari, Kadiyam 1952 births Living people Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians Lok Sabha members from Telangana India MPs 2014–2019 People from Hanamkonda district Deputy chief ministers of Telangana Members of the Telangana Legislative Council Telugu Desam Party politicians