KALVAKUNTLA TARAKA RAMA RAO DP

Minister for Information Technology, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Government of Telangana.

Incumbent

               Assumed office

               2 June 2014

Governor            :E.S.L. Narasimhan

Constituency       :Sircilla, Telangana

Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana

                In office

               2009, 2010 – 2014

                 Personal details

Born                     :24 July 1976 (age 40)

Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India

(now in Telangana, India)

Nationality          :Indian

Political party      :Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Spouse(s)           :K Shailima

Children              :Himanshu & Alekhya

Mother                :K Shobha

Father                 :Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

Residence            :Hyderabad, India

Alma mater         :City University of New York, University of Pune & Nizam                                     College

Awards             :Inspirational Icon Of The Year - For Politics by CNN-IBN and Ritz Magazine Skoch Challenger of the Year 2015

BIODATA:

KTR has completed his schooling from St. George's Grammar school in Hyderabad and Intermediate (10+2) from Vignan Junior College in Vadlamudi, Guntur. KTR has a Bachelors degree in Microbiology from Nizam College. He has two post-graduate degrees; M.Sc in Biotechology from University of Pune and from the City University of New York he has an MBA in Marketing & E-commerce. Right after his MBA, he started working in the US and became the project manager at INTTRA Inc and eventually moved back to India to as the Regional Sales Director for South Asia in the year 2004.

Ever since he moved to India, KTR started taking interest in party affairs and played an active role. He joined the TRS party full-time in the year 2006. After joining the party he has actively participated in numerous agitations for the cause of separate Telangana and has played a stellar role in ensuring that the issue is represented well at the national level. He has truly become the face of Telangana movement at National Level. We fondly call him as the Young Tiger of Telangana. 

His timely statements/comments and his debating skills are comparable to the best and have a lasting impression on anyone who has heard him. He is one of the most well educated, prolific and promising young politicians of the country. He is married to Shailima and has two children; Himanshu and Alekhya.

POLITICAL BACKGROUND

Watching his father from close quarters growing up, the influence and inclination towards public life was always alive. However, he decided that it was politics which would be his career as he strongly influenced by a quotation from his university days;

“In a Democracy when politics decides your future, you decide what your future politics is”

He elected from the Siricilla Assembly constituency in 2009.He has won with a close margin of 171 votes. In the By-elections from Sircilla Assembly Constituency in 2010, The young political leader K Taraka Rama Rao won with a Majority of 78,000 Votes. Before contesting and entry into politics, he used to stay in USA.