Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) born to N. T. Rama Rao and Basavatarakam, she did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Church Park, Chennai. She is their second daughter and has 7 brothers and 3 sisters. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the South Indian Educational Trust and Women College (Chennai) (renamed as the Bashir Ahmed Sayeed College for Women) in literature in 1979, followed by a Diploma in gemmology at the Gemmological Institute of India in 1996. Later she established Hyderabad Institute of Gem and Jewellery in 1997.

She can read, write and speak five languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and French. She is versatile in the Indian dance form Kuchipudi. She married Daggubati Venkateswara Rao on 9 May 1979 and they have a daughter, Nivedita and son, Hitesh Chenchuram. She is a sister to Nandamuri Harikrishna and Nandamuri Balakrishna, sister-in-law to N. Chandrababu Naidu, niece to N. Trivikrama Rao, aunt to Nara Lokesh and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Nandamuri Suhasini and Taraka Ratna. Purandheswari as a Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh since 2023. She had served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2012. 

 

Interesting Facts about Daggubati Purandeswari

She contested and lost the 2014 elections with BJP candidature.

Appointed as the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2012 - She was appointed Union Minister of State, Commerce, and Industry.

2009 - She was appointed Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development in Manmohan Singh's government.

2009 - She was re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha for a second term from Vishakapatnam constituency where she defeated Palla Srinivasa Rao by a margin of 60,000 votes.

2006 - She was inducted into Manmohan Sing's cabinet as a Union Minister State, Human Resource Development.

2004 - She was elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Bapatla constituency, where she defeated Daggubati Ramanaidu by a margin of 90,000 votes.

 

Daggubati Purandeswari Personal Life

Full Name Daggubati Purandeswari

Date of Birth - 22 Apr 1959 (Age 65)

Place of Birth - Chennai (Tamilnadu)

Party Name - Bharatiya Janta Party

Education - Graduate

Profession - Politician

Father's Name - N.T. Rama Rao

Mother's Name - N. Basava Rama Tarkam

Religion - Hindu