K. T. Rama Rao
BRS working president and MLA for Sircilla who, as Telangana’s IT and municipal minister, set up the T-Hub start-up incubator in Hyderabad.
- Based in
- Sircilla
- Region
- Telangana
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, known as KTR, was born on 24 July 1976 in Karimnagar district, the son of K. Chandrashekar Rao. He studied in Hyderabad and Pune and earned an MBA in New York, where he worked before returning to join the Telangana movement.
He has represented Sircilla since 2009. As a minister from 2014 to 2023 he held Information Technology, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries and Panchayat Raj at different times, and launched the T-Hub incubator in Gachibowli in 2015.
He has been the party’s working president since December 2018. Since the BRS lost the 2023 election, he has been one of the opposition’s most prominent voices in the Assembly.
Career
- 16 May 2009
Elected MLA for Sircilla
Minister for IT and Panchayat Raj, Telangana
From 2014.
Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development
From 2016.
- 17 Dec 2018
Working President, TRS (now BRS)
- 8 Sept 2019
Minister for IT, Municipal Administration and Industries
Until December 2023.
Education
B.Sc., Nizam College, Osmania University
M.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Pune
MBA, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York
Known for
- 5 Nov 2015
T-Hub
Start-up incubator in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
