Ghanta Chakrapani

Prof. Ghanta Chakrapani
Born (1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 (age 59)
Karimnagar district, Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Professor, Political analyst
Known forEx. Chairman
Telangana State Public Service Commission
Parent(s)Ghanta Janani, Ghanta Mogilaiah [1]
Websiteghantapatham.blogspot.in

Prof. Ghanta Chakrapani (born 4 January 1965) is an academician, public intellectual, and the founding chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commission, a position he held from 2014 to 2020. He has also been known as a journalist, writer, public speaker, policy expert and political analyst. At present, he is a senior professor of Sociology and director, Academic at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.[2] Associated with people's movements, democratic movements, and rights movements, he became a public intellectual in the region. Since the Bhuvanagiri meeting in 1997, he has been directly associated with the Telangana separate statehood movement and emerged as one of the protagonists of the Telangana agitation, as a writer, public speaker, columnist, and television analyst, he played multiple roles in the spread of Telangana ideology. He is one of the founders of the Peace Initiative Committee, which negotiated with the government and Maoist Naxalites for peace talks in 2004–05. During the talks, the Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) appointed him as the convenor for the Cease-Fire Monitoring Committee. After the formation of a separate state for Telangana, the government of Telangana appointed Dr. Chakrapani[3] as the first Chairman of TSPSC.[4][5] After assuming the charge as Chairman, TSPSC, in December 2014, Prof. Chakrapani has introduced several path-breaking reforms and IT initiatives to modernize the conduct of examinations and processing of recruitments.The Hans India, thereby transforming the youngest State PSC in the country into a modern public service commission. The Hindu

During his tenure, the TSPSC notified 36,758 posts through 108 recruitment notifications; of them, the recruitment process is completed to 35,724 posts and unit lists for 31,052 posts were sent to the state government. This is considered as highest number of jobs in the country through a state PSC during that period. Telangana Today.

  1. ^ Andhrajyothy (10 January 2020). "ఘంటా చక్రపాణికి పితృవియోగం". m.andhrajyothy.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ ‘Class struggle must eliminate caste system’ - The Hindu
  3. ^ More About Chakrapani in ENGLISH
  4. ^ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Balagopal, Jeevan Kumar quit monitoring panel
  5. ^ PDSU State Meet in HYderabad from Today - The New Indian Express