He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 1977 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Dinesh Reddy joined the Indian Police Service on 30 July 1977 from the Andhra Pradesh Cadre and he retired serving as the Director General of Andhra Pradesh Police in 2013.
He held positions such as Hyderabad Range DIG, Warangal Range DIG, Excise and Prohibition Commissioner, IG Railways, Additional DG of Law and Order AP, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, APSRTC MD, Director of Vigilance and Enforcement and Director General of Andhra Pradesh Police.
Dinesh reddy, contested on a YSR Congress Party ’s ticket as a Lok Sabha candidate from Malkjgiri Constituency IN 2014.
This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, Dinesh Reddy joined BJP.