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{{Short description|Indian educationist and politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ponguru Narayana
| office = [[Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban Development]]<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start = 12 June 2024
| tern_end =
| governor = [[S. Abdul Nazeer]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor = [[Audimulapu Suresh]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly <br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 4 June 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Anil Kumar Poluboina]]
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = [[Nellore City Assembly constituency|Nellore City]]
| office2 = [[Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Urban Water Supply & Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Capital Region Development Authority]]<br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 8 Jun 2014
| term_end2 = 29 May 2019
| 1blankname2 = Governor
| 1namedata2 = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 2blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata2 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor2 = [[President's Rule]]
| successor2 = [[Botsa Satyanarayana]]
| office3 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council<br>Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 14 August 2014
| term_end3 = 29 March 2019
| predecessor3 = [[Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy]]
| 1blankname3 = Chairman
| 1namedata3 = * [[A. Chakrapani]]
* [[N. M. D. Farooq]]
| 2blankname3 = Leader of the House
| 2namedata3 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| constituency3 = Elected by MLAs
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| children = Daughters; Sindhuri, Sharani, and son; Nishith (Late)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-pradesh-minister-dr-p-narayana-nishith-hyderabad-jubilee-hills-road-mishap-976211-2017-05-10|title=Andhra Pradesh Minister P Narayana's son killed in road mishap in Hyderabad|website=India Today|date=10 May 2017 }}</ref>
| spouse = Ponguru Ramadevi
| image = Dr. Ponguru Narayana (cropped).jpg
}}
'''Ponguru Narayana''' (born 15 June 1957) is an Indian educationist turned politician in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal Minister Ponguru Narayana assures single window system in granting building permissions |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/andhra-pradesh-municipal-minister-ponguru-narayana-assures-single-window-system-in-granting-building-permissions/articleshow/112767804.cms |website=Times of India}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]] in 2014 and served as the Minister for Municipal administration and Urban development & Urban Housing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Minister Narayana alleges slack implementation of TIDCO housing scheme in YSRCP's tenure in A.P. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/minister-narayana-alleges-slack-implementation-of-tidco-housing-scheme-in-ysrcps-tenure-in-ap/article68460567.ece |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> Elected [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]] under [[Telugu Desam Party]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=MLA candidate Ponguru Narayana announces ₹10 crore funds for TDP cadre in Nellore |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mla-candidate-ponguru-narayana-announces-10-crore-funds-for-tdp-cadre-in-nellore/article68215328.ece |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4924|title=Ponguru Narayana(TDP):Constituency- NELLORE CITY(NELLORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> he established the [[Narayana Group of Educational Institutions]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2016-05-23|title=Narayana's choice a calculated move by Naidu|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh//article60391284.ece|access-date=2022-02-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-23|title=AP minister P Narayana declares family assets worth Rs 669 crore|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-minister-p-narayana-declares-family-assets-worth-rs-669-crore-98836|access-date=2022-02-25|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Narayana was born on 15 June 1957, into a Telugu-speaking family in Harnathapuram, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India. His parents were Ponguru Subbaramayya and Subamma, and he belonged to the Kapu community. Dr Narayana studied B.A. in [[mathematics]] and [[statistics]] from V. R. College at Nellore in 1977 and subsequently earned his MSc. (1979) and PhD (2002) in statistics from [[Sri Venkateswara University]] and worked as a senior lecturer. He is married to Ramadevi with whom he has three children.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 June 2024 |title=Amaravati Capital will be completed in two years: Ponguru Narayana |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Jun/16/amaravati-capital-will-be-completed-in-two-years-ponguru-narayana |newspaper=New Indian Express}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry}}{{Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Third N. Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet (2014–2019)]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scientists from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Sri Venkateswara University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian mathematicians]]
[[Category:Mathematical statisticians]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Indian educators]]
[[Category:Detection and estimation theorists]]
[[Category:Probability theorists]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:21st-century statisticians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian statisticians]]

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