Gadwal Vijayalakshmi

Gadwal Vijayalakshmi born in Hyderabad, India is a current Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) appointed on 11 February 2021. She is associated with Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) party based in Telangana.
Early life.
Gadwal Vijayalakshmi is born to mother Vasantha Kumari and father Dr Kancherla Keshava Rao also known as KK is a politician from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party and Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. She is married to Bobby Reddy.
Education.
Gadwal Vijayalakshmi completed her secondary school from Holy Mary School, Hyderabad and Junior College from Reddy women's college, Hyderabad, Bachelors in Journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Sultan-ul-Uloom Law College, Hyderabad.
Career.
While staying in North Carolina, USA Gadwal Vijayalakshmi worked at Duke University, cardiology department as research scholar. In the year 2007, she left her Citizenship of the United States and returned to Hyderabad, India and joined politics. In 2016 she contested as a corporator from TRS party and won. In 2020 she contested from Banjara Hills ward as a corporator and won. On 11 February 2021 she is selected as a first woman Mayor after the formation of Telangana state in 2014.