HYDERABAD: Retired IAS officer T Chiranjeevulu has been selected for the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Excellence Award 2026.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Telangana Citizens Council state president Raj Narayan Mudiraj said Chiranjeevulu was chosen for his work towards the welfare and development of Backward Classes (BC). The award will be presented on April 10 in Hyderabad as part of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule’s 199th birth anniversary celebrations, Narayan said.
Chiranjeevulu, a 2002 batch IAS officer, has experience in rural development, urban planning, women’s empowerment, education, revenue and registration sectors. He served as HMDA Commissioner, Vice-Chancellor of Kakatiya University and Satavahana University for 44 months, and held several senior positions in government.
He is known for initiatives such as the ‘Arogya Raksha’ programme, which preceded the Aarogyasri scheme and the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat. He also implemented procurement of maize and paddy through women’s self-help groups to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers, earning the NABARD SHG Bank Linkage Award from the President of India.
In 2019, he received the Telangana State Excellence Award, and in 2020, the Gold Medal for Emerging Technologies from the Government of India’s IT Department. Over the past two years, he has been working for the BC movement, authoring books on BC principles and addressing gatherings to unify BC communities in Telangana.