Sri C.Shekar Reddy, Chairman, CII-IGBC Hyderabad Chapter & Immediate Past President, CREDAI - National, is a visionary who perceives a better infrastructural environment for the country. He has been instrumental in raising the reputation and strengthening the stature of Builders fraternity in Andhra Pradesh. With over two and half decades of experience in the industry Mr. Reddy constantly works towards sector reforms, environmental issues, social responsibility initiatives and customer issues to bring about a change and accomplish his vision of a better India.
An Engineer by qualification his journey began with A P Builders Association as General Secretary and thereafter the setting up of Builders Forum in Andhra Pradesh, a first of its kind association that was conceptualised to streamline the builder’s community in Hyderabad. Mr. Reddy has actively represented the sector over the years with an undying zeal and has worked hard towards urban policy development and much more. He holds several prominent offices and is a key decision maker and advisor for real estate development in the state and the country.
Some of the public assignments of Mr.C.Shekar Reddy:
- Immediate Past President, CREDAI National
- Founder President, CREDAI Andhra Pradesh
- Former Director – National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
- Governing Board Member, National Academy of Construction (NAC)
- Founder Governing Board Member Construction Sector Skill Council
- Founder Governing Board Member Plumbing Sector Skill Council
- Founder Secretary – Alumni Association of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
And that’s not all Mr. Reddy has also proactively initiated the concept of Rainwater harvesting and Recycling & Reuse of Treated Water from STPs, He has been instrumental in developing award winning Eco-friendly conservation project, He has been advocating the cause of affordable and quality housing for the weaker sections and has implemented the ‘Weaker Section Housing (EWS Housing)’ scheme in Hyderabad.
In line with his personal vision, as the Governing Board member, NAC he has played an major role in facilitating skill upgrading qualitative training programmes for building better industry workforce over the last 13 years. He has brought about innovative reforms and has been instrumental in rationalisation of building byelaws. He has also been actively promoting and initiating the ‘Green channel’ concept in releasing building/ layout permissions which greatly expedited the process.
As President CREDAI, he has played major role in bring the unorganised builder community under one umbrella and provide a common platform for education of the real estate professional, skill development, representation to the Government on issues like affordable Housing, Online sanction of building Permissions, work towards making RERA balanced for customers and developers, Implementation of Best Practices across the country.
Straightforward, analytical and self critical, Mr Reddy believes in taking complete ownership of the issues . With this attitude he has striven to represent the right issues at the right time to the right people and has been a key contributor to several decisions at the state and National level.
As a famous saying by Colin Powell - “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
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