Dr. Sridhar Reddy is an Indian

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and a

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. He is the

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of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Vidyavihar Street Children Trust, a

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. He along with his team has worked in the areas of rehabilitating orphaned and underprivileged children.

Early life

Sridhar Reddy was born on 21 December 1967, to Vemana Reddy and Lakshmi Rajyam 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 (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. He did his B.D.S from Government Dental College,

and completed Master of Dental Surgery at Bapuji Dental College,

Davanagere Davanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known ...

in 1992. He worked two years at Siddhartha Dental College,

Tumkur Tumkur, officially renamed as Tumakuru, is a city located in the southern part of Indian state of Karnataka. Tumkur is situated at a distance of northwest of Bangalore, the state capital along NH 48 and NH 73. It is the headquarters of the ...

Career

Sridhar Reddy is a

by profession. At first, he worked for Dr. C. Chanasekaran, Maxillofacial Surgeon on an honorary basis, without salary for a year. Later in 1995, he started his own clinic "Sridhar Super Specialty Dental Clinic". In 2006, he started his multispecialty dental hospital "Dr. Sridhar International Dental Hospital & Research Centre" inaugurated by then

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Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

He also holds the position of the Chairman of

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Krishna District Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the di ...

Social Policy

* Sridhar Reddy runs a mobile dental facility which conducts free dental camps for the children in Government Schools,

Orphans An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...

and

Street Children Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policym ...

. * His

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- SKCV Children's Home are run in three campuses. SKCV has given Railway Childline Project in

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...

. The children picked up from

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are taken care by giving counseling, education, and vocational skills.

Professional achievements

* Introduced Radiovisiography, Intraoral Camera, Multipurpose Laser Treatments, and Blue Cam Technology in

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. * Under Eenaadu Sukhibhava programme, he conducted free surgery for children with

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. * Recognized by the Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral surgeon in India.

Social services

In 2009, Sridhar Reddy extended relief for families during Krishna River Floods. His team provided food and provisions to Hudhud Cyclone victims and built a causeway to an island village,

Edlanka Edlanka or Yedlanka or m Edlanka or Patha Edlanka is a village in Avanigadda Mandal in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Its pincode is 521121. Geography Edlalanka, located at 16°0'20"N and 80°54'7"E, is an island in the Krishna ri ...

, in Krishna River. With the help of

Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society ()Pranab Mukherjee Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the India ...

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, 2016. * National Level Certificate of Merit from Union Health Minister, Sri

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2014. * Dentist of the Year Award for the years 2015 and 2016 from International Dental Journal FAMDENT. *

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Excellency Award from

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 ...

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. * Outstanding Service to the public during

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Award.

References

External links

Dr. Sridhar Reddy's blogSKCV Charity Video
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Sridhar 1967 births Living people Activists from Andhra Pradesh Indian children's rights activists