kadiyam srihari

Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana State

Personal details
Born	8 July 1952 (age 64) Parvathagiri, Warangal districtTelangana
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse(s)	Vinaya Rani
Children	Kavya, Divya & Ramya, Avinash
Residence	Panjagutta Hyderabad, India

Early Life:

Kadiyam Srihari was born in Parvathagiri, a village in the Warangal district. He attended Zilla Parishat High School in Warangal 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, Hyderabad.

Professional Career:

Kadiyam Srihari began his career as a manager for Syndicate Bank in Nizamabad, where he worked between 1975-77. Later he worked as teacher and junior lecturer. 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 Andhra Pradesh

Political Career:

He joined politics in February 1987 when he was asked by Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao to join the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He contested for 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 TDP in Warangal district from 1987-1994.

Srihari won a seat as a MLA from Station Ghanpur constituency in 1994. He served as minister in the cabinet of Rao, handling at various times the portfolios of Marketing, Social Welfare, Education and Irrigation in the Cabinets of both Rao and Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

In 2004, Srihari lost the general election contest in Station Ghanpur to Dr. Vijaya Rama Rao of the Telangana Rastra Samithi. He also lost a by-election from the same constituency in 2008

He played a crucial role in getting pro-Telangana letter from TDP party and also represented TDP in an all-party meeting held in New Delhi

Quits TDP & Joins 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 is currently the Member of Parliament from Warangal Parliamentary Constituency.

He is a Politburo member in the TRS state committee and also Chairman of training classes programme 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.

Education Minister of Telangana:

On 25th January , Kadiam Srihari was announced as the New Deputy CM and also EDUCATION minister after Dr.Rajaiah was sacked on charges of corruption as HEALTH MINISTER.