Krishna Prasad Tenneti

Krishna Prasad Tenneti (born 2 March 1960) is an Indian politician, a retired IPS officer and the elected candidate for Lok Sabha from the Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency as a Member of the Parliament of the 18th Lok Sabha[2][3] and also serves as a member of the panel of chairpersons.[4] He is a member of the Telugu Desam Party.[2][5]

Krishna Prasad Tenneti
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byNandigam Suresh
ConstituencyBapatla
Personal details
Born (1960-03-02) 2 March 1960 (age 64) [1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Spouse
Sirisha Kumari Tenneti
(m. 1990)
Parents
  • Subbaiah Tenneti (father)
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Tenneti (mother)
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana
EducationM.B.A.
B.Tech
Alma materI.I.M. Ahmedabad
N I.T. Warangal
OccupationI.P.S. Officer (Retd.), Politician
Awards Police Medal
President's Police Medal
Military service
RankDirector General of Police

He is a committee member of the Atma Nirbhar Skill Summit 2020.[6] He also serves as a mentor for venture funding and incubation organizations like Image.[7] He is an advisor for the Bharat Education Excellence Award 2025.

Early life and education

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He was born in 1960 in Hyderabad,[8] his family hails from Razole, East Godavari, and belongs to the Dalit community.[9] His father's name was Late Subbaiah Tenneti and his mother’s name was Vijaya Laxmi Tenneti who were both teachers. He is married to Sirisha Kumari Tenneti, who is an Intellectual Property Attorney advocate[10][11] and he has two daughters.[12]

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal with Mechanical Engineering Stream, and a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1985.[13] He also obtained an LLB degree from Osmania University in 2016 and is pursuing his PhD in Sustainable Urban Mobility.[14]

Career

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He is an Indian Police Service officer of 1986 belonging to the Andhra Pradesh cadre until 2014 and the Telangana cadre from 2014 until his retirement. He is on the Board of Governors, at the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur[13] and Director of APPA.[15] He adopted Yerravalli village and donated 42 bicycles to girl children to help them pursue higher education.[11]

He runs an NGO called Krishna Prasad Foundation.[16] Through the Foundation, he also hosted Atma Nirbhar Skill Summit to help promote entrepreneurship[17] and worked to mobilise medical equipment during the COVID with the support of American India Foundation.[18]

Publications

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  • In 2006, he authored Trafficking in Persons: Tip of the Iceberg, published by the United Nations(UNIFEM).[19] His research highlighted that children outside the schooling system are vulnerable to trafficking, leading to the Right to Education Act 2009 (RTE).[20][21]
  • In 2002, he authored a document Malupu, a poverty alleviation program that provided up-skilling to 162,000 BPL leather artisans in CLRI Madras.[22]

Medals

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Member Detail". sansad.in/ls. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ "TDP Election Results LIVE: Latest Updates On Krishna Prasad Tenneti". NDTV. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ Nair, Preetha (2 July 2024). "Government may not fill post of Lok Sabha deputy speaker". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Telugu Desam Representative for Bapatla (SC), Andhra Pradesh". Times of India. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  6. ^ Advisory, Skill. "About Us". Skill Advisory. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Our Mentors - Image".
  8. ^ "TDP LS ticket for T BJP spokesperson". The Times of India. 23 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ^ Suares, Coreena (2 November 2017). "Telangana DGP post: Krishna Prasad springs a surprise". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Krishna Prasad Tenneti(TDP):Constituency- BAPATLA (SC)(ANDHRA PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b Adivi, Sashidhar (30 November 2017). "Krishna Prasad Tenneti adopts Yerravalli village". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  12. ^ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Sri Krishna Prasad, IPS(Retd.)".
  14. ^ Bureau, NewsTAP (22 November 2023). "Can Lasya Nanditha's, G Vennela's legacies sway Secunderabad Cantonment voters?". www.newstap.in. Retrieved 2 July 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "TGPA – Telangana State Police Academy". tspa.gov.in. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-indian-express/20240609/281762749407637. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ nonu (9 July 2020). "Atma Nirbhar Skill Summit was organized to promote self reliance among youth". Skill Reporter. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  18. ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Academy Journal" (PDF). SVP National Police Academy Journal: 14.
  20. ^ https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Framework_for_Action_TIP.pdf
  21. ^ https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/humanrights/A_HRC_RES_11_3.pdf
  22. ^ https://www.nitw.ac.in/alumni1/images/docs/NITWAA-Newsletter-June-2023.pdf
  23. ^ archive, From our online (16 May 2012). "2 AP IPS officers to get Police Medal". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Republic Day medals for police officers from State". The Hindu. 26 January 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 July 2024.