Additional DGP J Purnachandra Rao assumed charge as the vice-chairman and managing director of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC).
Speaking to media persons later, Purnachandra Rao revealed that his father, Radha Krishna, was a conductor in RTC.
"He struggled a lot for my education. Today, whatever I am, it is because of my father," he said.
Purnachandra Rao said that he would try hard for the betterment of RTC, which he said had once employed his father.
Senior officials, including Rao's predecessor A K Khan, who is now posted as the DG of the ACB, were present when he disclosed his rags-to-riches story.
Rao was previously the chairman of state-Level Police Recruitment Board. (INN)