P Chenna Reddy (Dr. Pedarapu Chenna Reddy) born on 15 July 1959 at Anantapur. He is currently the Director, Archaeology and Museums Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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Born in a remote village in Anantapur to P. Malli Reddy & Chandramma as the 5th child and did his schooling in the same village and moved to Anantapur town in Rayalaseema and did his intermediate, degree in Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in History. He pursued higher education in History and was awarded the Degree in Master of Philosophy and Doctorate in History for his thesis Guilds in Medieval Andhradesa from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi during the years 1986 and 1998 respectively. His interest in enlightening himself in the fields of Epigraphy which resulted in doing P.G.Diploma in Epigraphy in 1998 from Sri Venkateswara University.
Soon after he assumed Charge as Director Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh he brought a sea change. He took the initiative on an innovative scheme "Heritage Wealth Management System "and that will have full fledged records of all the protected sites and monuments declared by the department under the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act. He successfully removed unauthorized encroachments at the monuments of the Badshahi Ashroorkhana and the Paigha Tombs.
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