Marri Shashidhar Reddy

Marri Shashidhar Reddy August 24, 1949 is an Indian Politician. He has been active both at the state level and national level politics in India.

In 2005, he became part of the high-powered National Disaster Management Authority, he has been responsible for formulating the Government of India guidelines that would ensure prompt and effective response to cyclones in any part of India. He was also the Convener of the National level Task Force on Naxal violence set up in 2004.

Early life

Marri Shashidhar Reddy was born in Hyderabad, India to former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Marri Chenna Reddy.

Reddy went to All Saints High school Gunfoundry later he obtained his Bachelors in Arts (English Honors) at St. Stephens College, University of Delhi in 1967. An Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Merit Scholar, he graduated from the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He obtained a Master’s degree in Agronomy with distinction from Kansas State University, U.S.A. in 1973.