Dr. Patnam Mahender Reddy is the Former minister of Mines & Geology and Information & Public Relations in the previous 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. 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 Patlolla Indra Reddy (1954–2000) was a four-term member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, former Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh state and founder of Jai Telangana Party. Born on 4 October 1954 at Kowkuntla village in Chevella Mandal ...

. He received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

Veterinary Science Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

s (BVSc) 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 ...

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 The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian communi ...

. 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 Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K ...

, 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 Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K ...

* Raja Mahendra College of Engineering, Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district * P. Indra Reddy Memorial Engineering College, Chevella, Ranga Reddy district

References

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 Former members of Telugu Desam Party Living people Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians State cabinet ministers of Telangana Telugu politicians 1963 births {{Telangana-TRS-politician-stub