Chairman Emeritus

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Shri M Rama Reddy

Shri M Rama Reddy was born in 1943. He has completed graduation in Public Administration, Political Science and Economics from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has completed Post Graduate Degree in Journalism from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Post Graduate Studies in Political Science at Delhi University and also Post Graduate studies in Local Government and Economic Development at Princeton University, USA.

He worked as a Research Associate in Centre for Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, 1965-66. He also worked as a Reporter and Sub Editor in Patriot, New Delhi, from 1966-67 and Chief Executive of Cooperative Development Foundation (Popularly known as Sahavikasa), from 1975-99 and President of Sahavikasa, from the year 2000 onwards.

He worked closely with Brahma Prakash Committee during 1989-90 in evolving a Model Cooperative Societies Bill for the States to adopt. He worked closely with Andhra Pradesh Government for the drafting and unanimous passage of Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Cooperative Societies Act of 1995 (popularly known as Macs Act or Parallel Law). He has provided organizational / personal assistance to seven State governments of Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Karnataka for enactment of liberal and parallel cooperative laws.

He worked with the UNDP-sponsored LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy) Project for thorough field and desk review of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act of 1984 (MSCS) and in the preparation of an MSCS Act of 2002 to replace the 1984 Act.

He has assisted the Ram Niwas Mirdha Committee in its review of MSCS Act of 1984 between 1983 and 2000, conducted over 100 workshops in several states and at the national level to develop a framework for cooperative legislation in the new economic scenario based on learnings from the field as well as the inputs from parliamentarians, jurists, cooperators, activists, civil servants, academicians and others attending workshops, published the Referential Bill (a model bill for cooperative legislation), first in 1990 and subsequently updating it in the light of field experience and the changing needs of civil society, market and the Government

The Government of India has posthumously conferred the Padma Shri Award 2026 on Late Shri Rama Reddy Mamidi in recognition of his remarkable service to Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development. Through his dedicated work, he significantly contributed to rural empowerment and the sustainable growth of the livestock and dairy sectors.