The Hindu: Hyderabad: Wednesday, 7Th May 2025.
Telangana Information Commissioner gets a Chief Information Commissioner after over two-and-half-years. The State Governor has appointed a 1991 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer G. Chandrasekhar Reddy to the post.
“The State Chief
Information Commissioner shall hold the office for three years from the date on
which he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of sixty five years
whichever is earlier. The terms and conditions of his service shall be as specific
in Section 16 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 as amended in 2019,” as per
the orders issued on Monday (May 5, 2025).
The post remained vacant from September 25, 2022. Right to Information (RTI) activists earlier requested the authorities to reconstitute the commission to clear thousands of RTI appeals.
A native of Boregaon village, Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District, Mr. Reddy was posted as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister. He is also in-charge vice chairman & managing director of Telangana Forest Development Corporation Limited in Telangana State. Mr. Reddy held full additional charge as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests for 10 days from April 20, 2025.
A graduate in B.Sc. Forestry from Osmania University and postgraduate in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he holds a Master’s degree in Management and Public Policy from IIM, Bangalore and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Kakatiya University.
He has experience in management of natural resources, watershed based livelihoods management, and worked in areas of forest and wildlife management, forestry and environment education and training. Mr. Reddy was the founder dean of Forest College and Research Institute Hyderabad.
Telangana Information Commissioner gets a Chief Information Commissioner after over two-and-half-years. The State Governor has appointed a 1991 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer G. Chandrasekhar Reddy to the post.
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| A 1991 batch IFS officer G. Chandrasekhar Reddy Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT |
The post remained vacant from September 25, 2022. Right to Information (RTI) activists earlier requested the authorities to reconstitute the commission to clear thousands of RTI appeals.
A native of Boregaon village, Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District, Mr. Reddy was posted as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister. He is also in-charge vice chairman & managing director of Telangana Forest Development Corporation Limited in Telangana State. Mr. Reddy held full additional charge as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests for 10 days from April 20, 2025.
A graduate in B.Sc. Forestry from Osmania University and postgraduate in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he holds a Master’s degree in Management and Public Policy from IIM, Bangalore and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Kakatiya University.
He has experience in management of natural resources, watershed based livelihoods management, and worked in areas of forest and wildlife management, forestry and environment education and training. Mr. Reddy was the founder dean of Forest College and Research Institute Hyderabad.
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