Duddilla Sridhar Babu is the son of Late Duddilla Sripada Rao, Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly (1990-1994).Born in 1969, Sridhar Babu is an alumnus of the prestigious Delhi University where he completed his bachelors in Law. He also holds a Masters in Political Sciences from the Hyderabad Central University.

Sridhar Babu won for a record 5^th time from the Manthani constituency in the 2023 Telangana Assembly Elections after debuting in the 1999 elections at a young age of 29.

Sridhar Babu is currently serving as the Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Industry & Commerce and Legislative Affairs, Government of Telangana. He was a Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of Kalyana Karnataka region, from July 2022 till Aug 2024. He played a crucial role in the Congress party’s win in Karnataka state elections, with the party winning 26 out of the 41 seats from the Kalyana Karnataka region.

He had served in various government positions first as a member of the TTD board, as a Government Whip in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and finally as a Minister in the united Andhra Pradesh government from 2009 till 2014.

Sridhar Babu held the portfolios of Higher Education & NRI Affairs (2009-2010) and then Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Legal Meteorology (2010-2014). He was also the Legislative Affairs Minister (2010-2014) and introduced the AP Reorganization Bill in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, which paved the way for the creation of the new state of Telangana. Currently he is the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Vice President and Secretary of the Coordination Committee.

Sridhar Babu directed his energy and focus to ensure the overall development of all strata of people and worked tirelessly for their welfare. He devised and implemented various schemes of the government as a MLA and as a Minister in the state cabinet across basic amenities like housing schemes, essential commodities, cooking gas, electricity, water and drainage systems among others, to the entire Manthani region.

To his credit- he was also instrumental in the setting up of the JNTU in Manthani and a degree college as well, which led to job creation and easy access to quality higher education to the people of erstwhile Karimnagar district and neighbouring areas as well. Sridhar Babu's particular interest in agriculture and farming community ensured that irrigation water supply, crop loans and land to landless farmers was provided- thereby ensuring overall development of the region Sridhar Babu spends most of his time in the interior areas of his constituency understanding the problems faced by the common man and trying to address those problems. Sridhar Babu believes in youth empowerment and women empowerment and strongly believes that their participation is key to the building of a strong society and encourages their participation in public life to shoulder larger responsibilities in politics.

Sridhar Babu is a tech savy politician and has a keen vision towards technology and use of technology in the advancement of society. To that extent, he is committed to make Hyderabad as the next AI capital of the world, apart from focusing on areas like digital transformation, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and generative artificial intelligence (gen AI). Sridhar Babu has also been working for creating an industry friendly environment in Telangana and encouraging entrepreneurship, so as to develop the hinterland of Telangana state.

Sridhar Babu travelled extensively across the world and visited the US, Nigeria and many European Countries as part of official delegations and study tours. Sridhar Babu is married to Shailaja Ramaiyer, an IAS officer of the Telangana Cadre and the couple have two children, a son and a daughter. In his free time, Sridhar Babu loves to spend time with his kids, at home. A keen cricketer as a student — he represented Nizam College and the University of Hyderabad.