George Reddy (15 January 1947 – 14 April 1972) was an Indian student leader and social activist.

His father Challa Raghunath Reddy was from Chittoor, while his mother Leela Varghese was a Malayali from Travancore.

[8] Reddy is now primarily known for his promotion of Marxist ideas[3] and his opposition to social discrimination and economic inequality.

According to a student friend, he was inspired by "the emerging Black Panthers, started in 1966 in the US, the Vietnamese people's struggle against US imperialism and the peasant uprisings in Naxalbari and Srikakulam.

After his death other student protests cropped up across the country such as the Navnirman Andolan (Gujarat) and the Bihar Movement.