About Preetham Nagarigari

It all began one fine day when seven year old little Preetham had entered into an upper caste formidably imposing hall to play with the same age boy belonging to that family. They cleaned their home with turmeric water and warned him not to enter their home again. However, the humiliation kept haunting yet inciting him to turn around his destiny and achieve some awe-inspiring success. He decided to never be looked down upon. To him social service and education were the only rational weapons with which to avenge this hostility – not against individuals but circumstances.

A person who stays true to his roots is bound to reach the greatest heights in his life. Preetham’s village has been a world on its own, the life school that instilled in him the ambition and willingness to work hard to fulfill it, the agility and the desire to stand out and be great. This made him acquire education like no one else did in his entire family before. His parents Babu Rao and Vasantha Rani dauntlessly shouldered the responsibility of raising three children with very less resources but dreams of giving them a good education. Preetham’s impressive academic life stands testimony to the fact that good education has got little to do with wealth or the lack of it. A heartening tale of success dotted by anecdotes of humility and sacrifice, it saw his mother raise a loan to encourage him in his business. He believes that only a futuristic, idealistic and forthright leader who dreams of a better society can turn around the destiny of his people and change history.

An orator par excellence, he has time and again spoken at various state and national levels. Very rarely do you find a leader with such a diversified background and that is what inspired the students of GMR Polytechnic Gajwel to elect him as their leader. Apart from the enormous public profile, his personal side is fond of singing old melodious karaoke tracks and he thoroughly enjoys anything that is mellifluous. He provokes everyone to have the urge, concern, dream, desire, passion and inspiration to make it a better place for us to live by doing something memorable and laudable. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from Adamus University, Kolkata.

In the year 2002, he was elected as President of the NSUI of his college unanimously. His attention was drawn towards the closure of the gate of the Polytechnic college situated exactly opposite to his house, which was inaugurated by the hands of Jawaharlal Nehru. As a student leader, he took the main part in agitating about the issue. In the year 2005, NSUI Chief of Andhra Pradesh Azmathulla Hussaini inducted him as State Convenor into his committee. In the year 2007, the National President of NSUI Nadeem Javed promoted him as National Convenor of Cultural Affairs. He was one of the persons in the committee which was formed to change the selection system of leaders in Congress to a transformation system. He was a member of the Venue committee in several states for Rahul Gandhi’s Discovery of India tour. He worked in states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and many other states in different portfolios. He was also an aspirant for MLA of Tungaturthy Assembly constituency (SC Reserved) in the 2014, 2018 and 2023 general elections. His dedication towards the marginalised sections still continues even though he was denied the opportunity to contest. His dream is to uplift the downtrodden communities till the hard work and commitment of cadre is recognized by the High Command. His slogan “Leaders are the ones who create more leaders, not followers” is his core ideology.

Currently, Nagarigari Preetham is the National Convenor of the All India Congress Committee SC Department and is in charge of the Karnataka State SC Department. He worked as State Chairman for the SC Department, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee from the year 2020 to 2026. Before assuming the charge of State Chairman, Preetham worked as National Convenor of AICC SC Department in charge of project LDMRC (Leadership Development Mission in Reserved Constituencies) in the year 2017 to 2020. He was actively looking to develop Dalit leadership in 50 reserved parliaments and some of the general constituencies with 20% and above Dalits. He was State Vice Chairman of SC Department TPCC from 2015 to 2017. Previously he worked in NSUI as National Secretary from the year 2007 to 2014. He contested internal elections for State Youth Congress and he also contested NSUI elections for the post of State President three times.