Born in June 1967 at Gowdavalli Village, Medchal Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District (originally in Hyderabad and later in RR Districts) of Telangana State, Dr. G. B. Reddy is a lawyer turned academician. Studied Graduation, LL.B., and LL.M. (Constitutional Law) at Osmania University,and P. G. Diploma in Human Rights from University of Hyderabad. Obtained Ph.D.in Law from Osmania University in 1999 on the topic “Supreme Court and Judicial Activism – Its Contribution in Specific Areas of Constitutional Law after 1980”.

His area of specialization is Constitutional Law in LL.M. and Judicial Activism in Ph.D. He specialized in the area of Intellectual Property as an independent researcher, publisher and teacher. He has had a brilliant academic record with three Gold Medals in LL.B. and one GoldMedal in LL.M. apart from being the first candidate to have qualified for UGC-JRF in Law from Osmania University in 1993.

He practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for aboutseven years before joining the faculty of law, Osmania University. He authored 28 well received books on law including Women and Law, Intellectual Property Rights and the Law, Copyright Law in India, Practical Advocacy of Law, Right toInformation and Law and JudicialActivism in India. Two of his books namely Women and Law and Judicial Activism in India have been reviewed favourably in the Book Review section of the Hindu by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer. He also published 89 articles on law in standard law journals, and more than30 newspaper articles. He offered seven SWAYAM Courses/MOOCs successfully from 2019 to 2024 on Human Rights and International Law, IPRs and Competition Law, Indian JudicialSystem and Environmental Laws, Private International Law and ADR in India, Legal Theory and Law Relating to Women. He possesses rich administrative experience having worked as the Principal of University College of Law (2005-2008), Head of Department of Law (2005-2008), Chairperson of Bos in Law (2017) and Dean, Faculty of Law, Osmania University (2017- 2019). He took the initiative in the university to introduce LL.B. Five Years Integrated Course at UniversityCollege of Law and P.G. College of Law, Osmania University and LL.M. (IPR), LL.M. (ADR),and LL.M. (ITEL) and P.G. Diploma in Cyber Laws. He has been a visiting faculty at several reputed institutions including the AP & TS Judicial Academy, AP Excise Academy, CCRT, NAARM, TS Police Academy, National Police Academy, NALSAR University of Law, National IndustrialSecurity Academy (NISA), Dr. MCRHRDI, APHRDI, Academic Staff Colleges (now HRDCs/MMTTCs) of several universities. He was Co-convener of the APLAWCET & PGLCET for 2014-15. Prof. (Dr.) G. B. Reddy Senior Professor of Law University College of Law Osmania University Hyderabad-500007, Telangana. Mobile: +91 9440284993 E-Mail: gbredlaw@gmail.com drgbreddy@osmania.ac.in Res: H.No.2-19-78/88, High Court Colony, Kalyanapuri, Uppal, Hyderabad-500039. :: 2 :: He held positions as the Joint Director, University Foreign Relations Office, Osmania University for 5 years before he became its Director.

He was the founder Director of the Legal Cell of the University, a member of General Council of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (for the period 2011-2014), member of the Academic Council of NALSAR for two terms, A.P. State Consumer Protection Council (for the period2010-2013), the Hyderabad District Legal Services Authority by the Government of A.P. and also the Telangana State Legal Services Authority. He is a Life Member of the Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi, the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS), New Delhi andthe American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad (presently OUCIS). He participated in several National and International Seminars, Workshops and Conferences on Law and allied subjects and visited Japan, Malaysia, Singapore , South Korea and Thailand.

At present he is Chairman of Bio-Ethics Committee of CDFD, Hyderabad and Member of the Committee of Instituteof Genetics & Hospital, OU, Member of Academic Council of NALSAR University and NUALS, Cochin. He was also the Dean, Faculty of Law of Telangana University (2017-2021) and currently the Dean of Faculty of Law, Sathavahana University, Karimnagar (Since 2017) and Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda (Since 2021). He successfully conducted the Telangana State Law Common Entrance Test (TS LAWCET) & Telangana State Post Graduate Law Entrance Test (TS PGLCET) for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 as the Convener, He was also the International Student Advisor of OU (Director, UFRO) from 2016 to 2018 and 2019 to 2021.He is currently the Director of the Prof.G.Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University (since 2021) .

He is also the IPR Chair Professor of DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India (Since 2021). He was awarded the State Best Teacher Award by the Government of Telangana on 5th September 2021.