| Daggubati Purandhareswari దగ్గుబాటి పురంధరేశ్వరి |
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| Minister of State, HRD | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2006 |
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| Constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1959 Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | D. Venkateswara Rao |
| Children | 1 son Hiteshchenchuram and 1 daughter Nivedita |
| Residence | Hyderabad |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | http://www.daggubati.in/ |
| As of 17 May, 2009 Source: [1] |
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Daggubati Purandhareswari (Telugu: దగ్గుబాటి పురంధరేశ్వరి; born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is a member of the Indian National Congress where she represents the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha, during which period she served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
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), followed by a short course in gemmology at the Gemmological Institute of India.[1]
She is the daughter of Andhra Pradesh's former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party founder N. T. Rama Rao and is married to Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, an Ex-Minister, Ex-Member of Cabinet and Current Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Parchoor constituency in Prakasham District. She is the daughter of Late N.T. Ramarao and sister of Telugu film actor Balakrishna