
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR)
Minister of IT, Working President of the TRS, MLA, Sircilla, Rajanna Sircilla, Telangana, TRS.
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) is currently serving as a Working President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Minister of MA&UD, Industries, and IT&C in Telangana KCR’s Cabinet and K.T.R. is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Sircilla Constituency, Rajanna Sircilla district.
He was born on 24-07-1976 to Chandrashekhar Rao and Shobha Rao in Karimnagar Dist. He completed SSC Saint George Grammer School 1991, and Intermediate from Vignan Junior College at Vadlamudi, Guntur, in 1993.
He went on to graduate with a BSc in Microbiology, Chemistry, Botany from Nizam College of the Osmania University at Hyderabad in 1996, and MSC Pune University 1998, MBA University Of New York USA 2000.
His father, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, is the founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the 1st Chief Minister of Telangana, and his mother, K. Shobha Rao, is a homemaker. His younger sister, K Kavitha is the MLC of Nizamabad, President of Telangana Jagruthi, and a former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for the Nizamabad constituency, K.T.R. is married to K Shailima. The couple has two children.
In 2006, K. Chandrasekhar Rao resigned from the United Progressive Alliance-I. K. T. Rama Rao resigned from his job to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in 2006 and began campaigning for his father who contested for the Karimnagar Lok Sabha by-election in the same year. KCR won by a margin of over 2 lakh.
In 2009, He contested the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections (MLA) (Resigned on 14.02.2010 and Re-elected on 30.07.2010) from the Sircilla Assembly constituency.
He won by a close margin of 171 votes, defeating independent candidate KK Mahender Reddy. When the Telangana Joint Action Committee organized a rail-road-transport blockade as part of the movement, he spent a night with the agitating protestors to push for a consensus on the formation of Telangana and asked for a timeframe for A finish implementation.
From 2014-2018, He was Served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the Sircilla Assembly constituency from the TRS Party. From 2014-2016, He was appointed as Minister for Panchayat Raj & Information Technology, Government of Telangana.
KTR has been awarded Most Inspirational Icon on the Year 2015 by CNN-IBN and Ritz Magazine. He is multi-lingual, being fluent in Telugu, English, Hindi, and Urdu. In 2016, He worked as a Minister for Panchayat Raj, Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Government of Telangana.
From 2016-2018, He was served as Minister for Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries, Handlooms and Textiles, Mines and Geology, Public Enterprises, NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana.
In 2018, He was Served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the Sircilla Assembly constituency from the TRS Party, Rajanna Sircilla Dist. He made a mark for himself by working hard and taking key decisions to promote IT.
The T Hub, launched by him is a shining example of the work done to promote the IT sector. Schemes like Mission Bhageeratha and Grama Jyothi were praised across the country for innovative ideas.
politically, his biggest achievement is the stupendous victory in the GHMC elections. Under KTR, the party won 99 seats on its own. He has also strategized during the assembly elections in 2018.
KTR personally campaigned in 55 assembly seats as part of the electioneering. The party had also won impressively in the panchayat elections and the Huzurabad by-polls. Organisationally, he had ensured that the party reaches the 60 lakh target in membership and that the booth and village level committees are formed. The next biggest task for him is to construct party offices in 22 district headquarters.
In 2018, Chief Minister KCR appointed KTR as the Working President of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi Party Ever since he became the president, he has been focusing on building the party organization and making it battle-ready.
In 2019, He was Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries, Information Technology and Communications, Government of Telangana.
Near New Bus Stand, Sircilla, Rajanna Sircilla District, Telangana State.
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Born in Chintamadaka
Completed SSC
from Saint George Grammer School
Completed Intermediate
Vignan Junior College at Vadlamudi, Guntur
Graduate (B.Sc)
In Microbiology, Chemistry, Botany from Nizam College of the Osmania University at Hyderabad
M.Sc
Pune University
MBA
University Of New York USA
Joined in the TRS
MLA
Sircilla
MLA
Sircilla
Minister
for Panchayat Raj & Information Technology
Most Inspirational Icon Awarded
by CNN-IBN and Ritz Magazine.
Minister
For Panchayat Raj, Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development
Minister
for Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries, Handlooms and Textiles, Mines and Geology, Public Enterprises, NRI Affairs
Working President
of TRS Party
MLA
of TRS Party in Sircilla, Rajanna Sircilla
Minister
for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries, Information Technology and Communications, Government of Telangana.
- జీహెచ్ఎంసి పరిధిలో వివిధ కాలనీల్లో సంవత్సరాలుగా పేరుకుపోయిన రెవెన్యూ సమస్యల పైన పురపాలక శాఖ మంత్రి శ్రీ @KTRTRS వీడియో కాన్ఫరెన్స్
— TRS Party (@trspartyonline) September 26, 2020
- వీడియో కాన్ఫరెన్స్ సమావేశంలో పాల్గొన్న వివిధ నియోజకవర్గాల ఎమ్మెల్యేలు, కార్పొరేటర్లు, కాలనీల సంఘాల ప్రతినిధులు pic.twitter.com/E2sIR4oe97
#DurgamCheruvuBridge connects the Hi-tec City & the Financial District with other parts of the city, relieving congestion on Road No: 36, Jubilee Hills and Madhapur Road. This structure also reduces distance for traffic from Jubilee Hills to MindSpace & Gachibowli. pic.twitter.com/8uYWpCX11z
— Minister for IT, Industries, MA & UD, Telangana (@MinisterKTR) September 25, 2020
#HappeningHyderabad
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 25, 2020
Happy to be dedicating the World's Longest Span Concrete Deck Extradosed Cable Stayed Bridge on #DurgamCheruvu today to the wonderful Hyderabadis along with hon'ble Union Minister Sri @KishanReddyBJP garu 😊
Another jewel added to the City of Pearls! pic.twitter.com/s7w9UBf5QC
My compliments to Hon'ble MLA Choppadandi Ravishankar Garu for his humane gesture 👍
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 23, 2020
While Telangana Govt insures all farmers to the extent of Rs. 5 lakhs, its heartening that MLA Garu personally visited the bereaved Family to console and handover the cheque https://t.co/19Xr2ovrm2
శాసనమండలి సభ్యులు శ్రీ పట్నం మహేందర్ రెడ్డి, రామగుండం శాసనసభ్యులు శ్రీ కోరుకంటి చందర్ గార్లకు హార్దిక జన్మదిన శుభాకాంక్షలు!
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 23, 2020
ఆయురారోగ్యాలతో, సుఖసంతోషాలతో మీరు చిరకాలం ప్రజాసేవలో కొనసాగాలని మనస్ఫూర్తిగా కోరుకుంటున్నాను 🌱🌱 pic.twitter.com/lD3yEei1lD
Good luck guys 👍 My best wishes to you and team Doosra https://t.co/bZtKD5ywGa
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 15, 2020
A sneak peek into the making of the magnificent Yadadri Sri Laxmi Narsimha Swamy temple
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 14, 2020
This is an initiative of Hon’ble CM KCR Garu & he has been personally monitoring the progress of the potential spiritual capital of Telangana 🙏#YadadriTemple
#SpiritualCapital pic.twitter.com/h8roedEvf1
My compliments & warm greetings to the Telangana youngsters who’ve made us all proud with their performance in JEE Main exam 👍
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 13, 2020
Among the 24 students who scored 100 percentile in India, 8 are from Telangana including the girls category topper Chukka Tanuja👏
Fabulous effort 👏 pic.twitter.com/diXbJS6M04
ప్రజాకవి శ్రీ కాళోజి నారాయణరావు గారి జయంతి సందర్భంగా అసెంబ్లీలో ఆయన చిత్ర పటానికి పుష్పాంజలి ఘటించి నివాళులు అర్పించిన టీఆర్ఎస్ పార్టీ వర్కింగ్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ శ్రీ @KTRTRS. pic.twitter.com/ilbJFNMHXK
— TRS Party (@trspartyonline) September 9, 2020
తీరొక్క థీమ్తో హైదరాబాద్ నగరంలో వైవిధ్య ఉద్యానవనాలు
— TRS Party (@trspartyonline) September 7, 2020
- 7.50 లక్షల చదరపు మీటర్లలో, రూ.120 కోట్లతో.. 50 ప్రాంతాల్లో ఏర్పాటు
- పచ్చదనానికి అత్యంత ప్రాధాన్యతనిస్తున్న ప్రభుత్వం, ఖాళీ స్థలాలను పరిరక్షిస్తూ..వాటిని ప్రజలకు ఉపయోగపడే విధంగా తీర్చిదిద్దుతున్నది..https://t.co/WHLh3wcS6R pic.twitter.com/NFt8pGxXT4
Thanks Collector Garu https://t.co/85qffQGFSx
— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 1, 2020
Along with Agriculture Minister @SingireddyTRS Garu met with a delegation of ginning mills association
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 31, 2020
Out of the total 323 mills in Telangana, 150 have been setup in the last 5 years. Both cotton cultivation & ginning capacity have risen simultaneously👍 pic.twitter.com/S3ZMDfJkEW
Pranab da was the head of the UPA committee on Telangana statehood demand. As the President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee had signed the statehood bill and helped realise the dream of millions of Telangana people
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 31, 2020
RIP @CitiznMukherjee 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/uN09dGqayY
The myriad waterfalls of #Telangana captured beautifully in Zindagi page of #NamasteTelangana #DiscoverTelangana#Monsoon@tstourism pic.twitter.com/AVBe1U9kbg
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 28, 2020
ఒకనాడు సాగునీరు లేక నెర్రెలు బారిన ఈ నేల నేడు రైతుబంధు కేసీఆర్ గారి నేతృత్వంలో నదీ జలాలు పారగా వ్యవసాయంలో నూతన రికార్డులు సృష్టిస్తోంది
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 27, 2020
ఉద్యమ నాయకుడే ముఖ్యమంత్రిగా ఉద్యమ స్ఫూర్తితో తెలంగాణను సస్యశ్యామలం చేస్తుంటే, రైతన్న కళ్ళలో మురిపెం కనపడుతోంది 😊#TriumphantTelangana pic.twitter.com/XpQRtOQrDL
As I was reminiscing about memories from #TelanganaAgitation one of my friends sent me this stub 👇
— KTR (@KTRTRS) April 29, 2020
The day I was sent to central jail at Warangal; Deeksha Divas, 29th Nov,2009. Brings back many memories of KCR Garu’s arrest & the time with Jayashankar Sir that day#20YearsOfTRS pic.twitter.com/9L6MwZF3Ke
Received a tweet 👇couple of days ago from a GHMC worker called Alivelu saying she wants to contribute one month’s salary to CMRF
— KTR (@KTRTRS) April 28, 2020
Intrigued, asked @KTRoffice to arrange a meeting. She came in today with the cheque & insisted that I accept it. Didn’t want anything from my side🙏 pic.twitter.com/J57hocpoiL
Participated & spoke in the VC chaired by Union IT Minister @rsprasad Ji
— KTR (@KTRTRS) April 28, 2020
Offered my view that this adversity presents great opportunities; India has the capacity to quickly develop tech solutions for post-Covid world & should push Electronics manufacturing sector aggressively pic.twitter.com/qBgYlQSqjB