Nandamuri Purandeswari
General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
President	J. P. Nadda
Ministry of Textiles (India)
In office 1 November 2012 – 16 May 2014
Minister of State Commerce and Industry
In office 28 October 2012 – 1 November 2012
Minister of State for Human Resource Development
In office 29 January 2006 – 28 October 2012
Personal details
Born	(1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 63) Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (before March 2014)
Spouse	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao ​ ​ (m. 1979)​
Relations	See Nandamuri–Nara family
Children	2
Parent	N. T. Rama Rao (father)
Education	B.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology
Alma mater	South Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai) Gemmological Institute of India Profession Political & Social Worker
As of 17 May, 2009 Source: [1]

Nandamuri Purandareswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha of India.^[1] She had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha, during which period she served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.^[2] She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 7 March 2014.^[3] In 2014, she fought the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket from Rajampet and lost.^[4] Purandareswari was appointed BJP Mahila Morcha Prabhari.^[5][6]

As a Member of Parliament

Purandeswari participated in debate on various bills such as 'Domestic Violence Bill, Hindu Succession Amendment Bill, and the bill on the establishment of special courts exclusively for trying cases of women to name a few' and made meaningful contributions. In appreciation of her performance in Parliament, the Asian Age adjudged her as the best Parliamentarian for 2004–05.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

Born to N. T. Rama Rao and Basavatarakam, she did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Church Park, Chennai. 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.^[7] Later she established Hyderabad Institute of Gem and Jewellery.^{[citation needed]} She can read, write and speak five languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and French.^{[citation needed]} She is versatile in the Indian dance form Kuchipudi.^{[citation needed]}