Ponguru Narayana (born 15 June 1957) is an Indian educationist turned politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in 2014 and served as the Minister for Municipal administration and Urban development & Urban Housing. Elected MLC under Telugu Desam Party, he established the Narayana Group of Educational Institutions.

Early life and education

Narayana was born on 15 June 1957, into a Telugu-speaking family of Ponguru Subbaramayya, and Subamma in Harnathapuram, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. Dr Narayana studied B.A. in

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and

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from V. R. College at Nellore in 1977, and subsequently earned his MSc. (1979) and PhD (2002) in statistics from

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and worked as a senior lecturer. He is married to Ramadevi with whom he has three children.

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