K. T. Rama Rao

K. T. Rama Rao
KTR
Minister of Panchayat Raj, IT
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
Constituency Siricilla, Telangana
Personal details
Born 24 July 1976
Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Nationality Indian
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse(s) Shailima
Children Himanshu
Alekhya
Residence Siricilla, Telangana, India
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma mater City University of New York

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (Telugu: కల్వకుంట్ల తారక రామారావు ) (born 24 July 1976) well popularly known and abbreviated it as KTR,[1]is an Indian politician and present Member of Legislative Assembly for Siricilla Assembly Constituency, representing the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[2] He won state Assembly Elections 2009, 2014 for TRS party in Siricilla Constituency.[3][4] Currently he is serving as the Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State.

Early life

K. T. Rama Rao was born in Siddipet as the son of K. Chandrashekhar Rao, founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He has completed his schooling from St. George's Grammar school, Hyderabad. He has a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology from Nizam college. KTR has two post-graduate degrees, one is M.Sc in Biotechnology from University of Pune and the other is MBA in Marketing & E-commerce from Baruch College-City University of New York.[5] Later he worked as Regional Sales Director at INTTRA from 2001 to 2006.[6] He has a younger sister K. Kavitha who is a political activist and honourable member of parliament from Nizambad constituency.[7]

Political career

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 programs to ensure that the Telangana issue was represented well at the national level.[8] He actively participated in the Telangana movement from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 election, he was elected to the Telangana State assembly from Sircilla constituency in Telangana. He has been inducted into the Telangana Cabinet as the minister for IT and Panchayati Raj affairs.[9]

Personal life

He is married to Shailima and has two children Himanshu and Alekhya.

References

  1. First IT Minister of Telangana State.
  2. Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Drought: Opposition criticises State apathy. The Hindu (2009-08-14). Retrieved on 2013-08-03.
  3. Andhra Pradesh / Karimnagar News : ‘Telangana sentiment’ on test again bottomline. The Hindu (2009-04-05). Retrieved on 2013-08-03.
  4. AP MLA's List 2009 hello ap
  5. "Sircilla MLA". apmlas.info. Andhra Pradesh MLA's portal.
  6. "Telangana leaders call for bandh on Monday". Ibnlive.in.com. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  7. KTR MLA - Siricilla Assembly Constituency Official Website Bio-data of K T Ramarao from ktramarao.com.
  8. "KTR becomes a part of KCR's Cabinet". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
 9 . KTR Profile