Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu: నారా చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు) (born 20 April 1950) is the President of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a regional party in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from 1996. He served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 1995 and 2004. He has been leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislature since then.

Both Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of England and Bill Clinton, Former President of the USA visited him at Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh state capital. The governor of Illinois, USA declared a Naidu Day in his honour. He also won numerous awards including 'IT Indian of the Millenium' by India Today, Business Person of the Year by Economic Times, member of the World Economic Forum's Dream Cabinet and South Asian of the Year by Time Asia He also held post of chairperson of the "National IT Panel" under NDA government and he was described as one of the Hidden Seven working wonders around the world, by Profit, a monthly magazine published by Oracle Corporation, US

Early life and education

Naidu was born in Naravari Palle village of Chittoor district on 20 April 1950. His father N. Kharjura Naidu was into agriculture and his mother Ammanamma was a housewife. Due to lack of an education centre in his Native village, Naidu attended the Seshapuram primary school up to Class Five. He attended the Chandragiri Government High School, till class 9.He went to Tirupati for his higher education, where he studied from class 10 to his masters. Naidu completed his BA in 1972, after which he enrolled in the MA (economics) course. In 1974, he started work on his PhD under the guidance of Professor D L Narayana, who was the then Andhra Pradesh State Finance Commission chairman. The topic was Economic ideas of Professor N G Ranga. He did not complete his PhD and got involved in active politics

Personal life

Naidu is married to N.T. Rama Rao's second daughter Bhuvaneswari. The couple have a son Lokesh who is married to Brahmani, elder daughter of his brother-in-law Nandamuri Balakrishna and grand daughter of telugu actor N.T.Rama Rao.

Achievements

• He served as the Chief Minister of the State for 8 years 8 months 13 days(1995–2004)
• The state's youngest assembly member and youngest minister at 28
• He was voted as the 'IT Indian of the Millennium' in a poll conducted by India Today group and 20:20 Media.
• He is also the longest serving Leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh assembly