Kadiyam Srihari
| Kadiyam Srihari | |
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| 2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana | |
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Assumed office January 25, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | T. Rajaiah |
| Constituency | Ghanpur (Station) |
| Minister of Education (Government of Telangana) | |
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Assumed office January 25, 2015 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 July 1950 Parvathagiri, Warangal district Telangana |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Spouse(s) | Smt. K. Vinaya Rani |
| Children | Kavya, Divya, Ramya |
| Residence | Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India |
Kadiyam Srihari is an Indian politician, presently Deputy Chief Minister and Education minister of Telangana State. He is Member of Parliament from Warangal constituency from State of Telangana. He was Ex-MLA from Ghanpur(Station) Constituency and Ex-Minister in the cabinets of N.T.Rama Rao and N.Chandra Babu Naidu. He was the PolitBureau member of TDP, and the General Secretary of Telugu Desam party(TDP). He was the Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004 in Marketing,Social Welfare later Education and later Irrigation under the Cabinet of Nara Chandrababu Naidu. He joined TRS party and is its politburo member. He took oath as cabinet minister in Telangana government on 25 January 2015 as a Deputy Chief Minister and also Education Minister.
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.
Srihari began his professional career as a manager for Syndicate Bank in Nizamabad, where he worked between 1975-77. He then became a teacher, working as a junior lecturer between 1977-1987). 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.
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.
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