Kotagiri Vidhyadher Rao (April 28 1946 – 20 July 2013) was an Indian politician and a MLA and Minister.
[1] He was born at Thurpu Edavalli village in the Kamavarapukota Mandal, Eluru District, Andhra Pradesh.
Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao began his political career as a village sarpanch.
He served in the following positions: 1978: Chairman - Agricultural Market Committee, Chintalapudi 1981: Vice President - Panchayat Samithi, Chintalapudi 1983: MLA, Chintalapudi - elected as an Independent, later joined Telugu Desam Party in Oct. 1983 1985 - 1999: Re-elected as MLA, Chintalapudi 1984: Chairman - AP Industries Infrastructure Corp. 1985: Director - AP Industries Development Corp., Director- AP Kadhi & Village Industries Board 1987: Director - AP State Road Transport Corp., Chairman Shatavahana Region, APSRTC 1987 - 1989: Chairman Public Undertakings Committee, AP Legislature 1989: Deputy Leader of Opposition 1991 - 1994: Leading the Opposition after Shri NT Rama Rao announced that he would not attend Assembly for the ill treatment, extended by the Govt.
Vidhyadher Rao was married, had a son (Sridhar Kotagiri) and a daughter (Anitha Ponnala) and four grandchildren.