Vempalli Gangadhar is a writer from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

He has been awarded Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar for 2011 for his short-story collection "Molakala Punnami".

[1] Gangadhar, recipient of Central Sahitya Academy's first Yuva Puraskar, had been a guest of the President in Rashtrapathi Bhavan from 8 to 26 September 2014.

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, a Telugu poet, has written the foreword for the book.

[3] Gangadhar, a doctorate holder from the Sri Venkateswara University, has ten books to his name so far.