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Koneru Sreedhar - Wikipedia
Koneru Sreedhar (born 24th December 1959) is an Indian politician and a senior member of the Telugu Desam Party. Currently, he is the Mayor of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.

Early life
Koneru Sreedhar was born into a family of agriculturists to Sri.K.Madhusudhana Rao and Smt.Tulasamma, hailing from Patamata village near Vijayawada. He studied till his Intermediate from Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada. Koneru Sreedhar’s grandfather was a great admirer of the then Union Minister Kakani Venkat Ratnam, this political enthusiasm rubbed off on Koneru Sreedhar and set the stage for his inclination towards politics.

Political career
Inspired by N.T.Rama Rao, Koneru Sreedhar made an entry into politics when the Telugu Desam Party was founded in 1982, he has been a member of the party right from the day of its inception and had been actively involved in the party affairs.

Between 1996 and 2000, Mr.Sreedhar served as the President of the 43rd Division of the Telugu Desam Party. During this period he was also appointed to the Urban Committee as a Joint Secretary and then an Adhoc Committee member.

In 2000, he was elected as a Corporator of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and held various posts including being appointed as the Director of VUDA.

Mr.Sreedhar was once again won the elections as a Corporator of VMC in 2014 and then elected as the Mayor of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation. As the Mayor of Vijayawada his vision is to covert Vijayawada into a SMART city.

Development work
Mr.Sreedhar has been instrumental in several developmental works in Vijayawada city. During his tenure as VUDA Director, road widening works, central lighting of roads, buildings for Zilla Parishad school, development of parks were taken up and completed successfully.

Taking up his role as Corporator, he initiated construction of proper facilities like classrooms, labs in schools and introduced free computer education in the Zilla Parishad School under his administration. In addition, development of parks, reading rooms, laying of proper roads was also undertaken.

From 2014, when Mr.Sreedhar took over as the Mayor of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, several measures have been initiated in the field of public welfare including health, medical camps, sanitation, cleanliness drives, infrastructure projects like road widening and traffic decongestion, education including facilities for children, mid day meals, implementing schemes under Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan. Benefits have also been extended to pensioners and economically backward people through the implementation of various government schemes.

Personal life
Koneru Sreedhar is married to Smt.K.Rama Devi with two sons Koneru Siva Kiran and Koneru Sandeep. Smt.Rama Devi was served as a Corporator of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation between 2005 and 2010.

Mr.Sreedhar is actively involved in the Koneru Charitable Trust as its Founder Trustee.