Daggubati Purandeswari

Daggubati Purandeswari
13th President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
4 July 2023 – 30 June 2025
National PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Preceded bySomu Veerraju
Succeeded byP. V. N. Madhav
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office
28 October 2012 – 11 March 2014
served along with S. Jagathrakshakan (2012-2013)
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan (2013-2014)
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterAnand Sharma
Preceded byJyotiraditya Scindia
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman (Mos, I/C) (2014-2017)
C. R. Chaudhary (2017-2019)
37th Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development
In office
29 January 2006 – 28 October 2012
served along with E. Ahmed (2011-2012)
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterArjun Singh
Kapil Sibal
Preceded byKanti Singh
Succeeded byJitin Prasada
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byMargani Bharat
Constituency Rajahmundry
In office
1 June 2009 – 28 May 2014
Preceded byNedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Succeeded byKambhampati Hari Babu
Constituency Visakhapatnam
In office
29 May 2004 – 31 May 2009
Preceded byD. Ramanaidu
Succeeded byPanabaka Lakshmi
ConstituencyBapatla
Personal details
BornNandamuri Purandeswari
(1959-04-22) 22 April 1959
Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (2014-present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2004-2014)
Spouse
(m. 1979)
RelationsNandamuri–Nara family
Children2
ParentN. T. Rama Rao (father)
EducationB.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology
Alma materSouth Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai)
Gemmological Institute of India Profession Political & Social Worker
As of 14 September, 2025
Source: [1]
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Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She served as president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Andhra Pradesh. She is currently serving as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha representing the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.