Prathipati Pulla Rao formerly worked a
Civil Supplies Minister of Andhra Pradesh state
and before that as TDP

Guntur District Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

president. The

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

of which he was the leader, is a political party which is active in the state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

in the year 2014. He was the minister for Agriculture, Agri-Processing, Marketing and warehousing, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries as leader of the Telugu Desam party.

Personal life

He lives in the

Chilakaluripet Chilakaluripet is a city in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of Chilakaluripet Mandal in Narasaraopet Revenue Division. Geography It is located in the Coastal Andhra region of the state at ...

, Guntur District of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Prathipati Pulla Rao's (59yrs) father's name is Shri Kavuri Subba Rao. Pulla Rao married Smt. P. V. Kumari who is a housewife. He has two children Swathi and Sarath Babu.

Education

His highest educational qualification is B.Com. He pursued his B.Com. Pass from VRS and YRN College, Chirala (

Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...

) in the years 1978 to 1981. He did his intermediate studies from T.J.P.S. College, Guntur in the year 1977. By profession, he is a businessman; he is the director of various companies.

Leadership

Pulla Rao has always placed an emphasis on supporting farmers. In 2015, Prathipati Pulla Rao took part in the Telugu Desam Party's JanaChaitanya Yatra in Gudivada town of

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. In that year a total of 2,60,000 hectares of paddy crops were lost in the state due to heavy rains. Nearly 6,000 hectares of fish and prawn cultures were damaged due to rains, therefore he asked the union government to sanction a large amount to Andhra Pradesh and help the farmers.

References

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