T. Venkattram Reddy is an erstwhile newspaper baron and the former chairman of the ''

Deccan Chronicle ''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited ( ...

'', or ''DC'' as it is often referred to. He lost his company DCHL, to SREI & CoC which will change the composition of the DCHL Management. With the changing TIMES, Srei Multiple Asset Investment Trust (Vision India Fund) will NOW take Full Control of his company. It is the third highest in Hyderabad circulation English-language daily newspaper in India especially in

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area from where it derives its name, with a readership of over 1.1 million. Published in

Hyderabad, India 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, in the northern part of Southern In ...

by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. During his hay days, he owned the

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franchise

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. T.V.Reddy was also elected by The Indian Newspaper Society as President for the year 2009-10, succeeding Hormusji N. Cama of Bombay Samachar Weekly.

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is his daughter.

Career profile

T. Venkattram Reddy spearheaded the ''

'' from the young age of 21. His sibling, T Vinayak Ravi Reddy, used to manage and operate ''Deccan Chronicle'' from 1970s, when he took over. T. Venkattram Reddy's, now defunct team

won the

trophy for the 2009 season. Under the Deccan Chargers banner they used to run year-round sports activities in schools and colleges to promote sports and find talent. The last 20 years has seen a remarkable turnaround for ''Deccan Chronicle'' – from a modest regional paper to a paper of national repute & in recent TIMES it also witnessed the worst era, since its inception. He used to run a group of publications under the DCHL platform: Deccan Chronicle – the largest English newspaper by circulation in

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, published from 7 centres in AP,

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and

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; ''

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'' – which has editions in New Delhi,

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and London; Financial Chronicle – the business daily which is published from New Delhi,

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, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore; Andhra Bhoomi – a

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newspaper, published from Hyderabad and six centers in

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; Andhra Bhoomi Sachitra Vara Patrika – a weekly general interest magazine that serialises stories from eminent writers; Andhra Bhoomi Sachitra Masa Patrika – a monthly Telugu magazine which carries novels and novellas by well-known writers; Andhra Bhoomi Panchangam – a widely followed annual almanac for Andhra Pradesh. His contribution towards the

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has been immense and currently owns many horses at the Malakpet stable. His horses participate in the races all over India i.e. Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, etc. on a regular basis and have won many trophies which are proudly displayed in his head office in

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. He also has a museum with lot of artefacts dedicated to the printing press. He was arrested on 8 February 2015 in Hyderabad by CBI for defaulting on his loans taken using false documents & dozens of cases are still on. The Consortium of Lenders have taken control of DCHL & have sold it to Srei Multiple Asset Investment Trust (Vision India Fund)

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