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Permanent Address (i)
6-3-249/5/A, Road No. 1, Banjara
Hills,Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 500034
Telephone : {040} 23328444, 23328111, Fax
23393300
Present Address AB-2, Purana Quila Road, New
Delhi. 110001
Telephone : 23782323, 23782014, 200041717,
Mobile: 9868181079
Email id
reddyts@sansad.nic.in
Educational Qualifications B.Com.
Educated at Nizam College, Hyderabad
Profession Trader and Industrialist and
Social Worker
Positions Held 1996-97 Member,
Eleventh Lok Sabha Member, Committee on
Finance1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha
Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
Member, Public Accounts Committee Member,
Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative
Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
1999-2000 Convenor, Media Committee, All
India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)2001
Secretary, A.I.C.C. (Incharge Media)April
2002 Elected to Rajya SabhaApril 2002-Feb.
2004 Member, Committee on Finance Member,
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways2004 Member,
Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.) as a
Special InviteeAug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member,
Committee on Commerce Member, Committee on
Subordinate LegislationOct. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Consultative Committee for the
Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and
Highways31 Jan. 2006 onwards Minister of
State in the Ministry of Mines
Freedom Fighter No
Books Published
Social and Cultural Activities,
Literary, Artistic and Scientific
Accomplishments and other Special Interests
Eminent public orator in English and Telugu;
film producer of extraordinary distinction
in the country; produced a number of Hindi,
Telugu and Tamil films of great technical
and directorial excellence; Chairman, (i)
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Board (T.T.D.)
since 2004, (ii) National Panorama Festival
Committee, 1992, (iii) National Film Award
Jury, 1994, (iv) Andhra Pradesh Cultural
Federation, 1994 and (v) National Films
Award Jury, 1997; Member, Central Film
Censor Board, 1983-85; conferred, (i) Gold
Medal by the then Prime Minister of India
Smt. Indira Gandhi for his outstanding
contribution in the construction of the
world's biggest dam Nagarjuna Sagar Project
in Andhra Pradesh in 1967, (ii) Swarna Kamal,
a national award for the best feature film,
(iii) Kala Samrat by Maharashtra Government,
1988, (iv) Kala Ratna by Lt. Governor,
Delhi, 1989, (v) Kala Ratna by Telugu
Academy, 1993, (vi) Doctorate by Mangalore
University in recognition of social work,
(vii) Rashtrapati Award for producing films
Bhagwat Gita and Swami Vivekananda and
(viii) Life Time Achievement Award in U.S.A.
by American Telugu Association, 2002;
special interest in the upliftment of
socially backward and the downtrodden;
organized hundreds of music and dance
concerts; active participation in social,
political, spiritual, cultural and
philanthropic activities all over India;
extensive social and philanthropic works;
built community halls, hospitals, colleges,
auditoria, etc.
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and
Recreation Classical music and dance
Countries Visited U.K., U.S.A., Germany,
Canada, Switzerland, Japan and France in
connection with holding discussions on
industry, commerce, films and culture
Other Information A multifarious
personality, one of the leading
industrialists; film maker and well known
parliamentarian; founder of the Gayatri
Group which is in the field of business for
the last 35 years and is involved in the
construction activity, sugar industry,
chemical industry, States development;
founder of Indias best cinema theatres,
which were built in Hyderabad
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