| N. Ramchander Rao | |
| Birth Name: | Naraparaju Ramchander Rao |
| Office: | Member of Legislative Council, Telangana |
| Term Start: | 2015 |
| Term End: | 2021 |
| Constituency: | Mahabubnagar, Hyderabad,Ranga Reddy - Graduates' constituency |
| Successor: | Surabhi Vani Devi |
| Office4: | President, BJP Hyderabad |
| Term Start4: | 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 1959 4, df=yes |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Education: | Post Graduate LLB (Osmania University) MA Political Science (Osmania University) |
| Occupation: | Politician, advocate |
| Spouse: | Savithri |
| Children: | 2 |
| Birth Place: | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Naraparaju Ramchander Rao (born 27 April 1959) is an Indian politician and advocate from Telangana. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive member, President for BJP's Hyderabad unit and a member of Bar Council of India. He served as the Member of Telangana Legislative Council (MLC) for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates' Constituency from 2015 to 2021. He is also on the General Council of NALSAR University of Law.[1]
Ramchander Rao started his legal practice in Hyderabad in 1985. In 2014, he was elected as a member of the Bar Council of India.[2] [3] He has also been BJP's Chief Spokesperson and the General Secretary of undivided Andhra Pradesh State.
Ramchander Rao's father, Professor NVRLN Rao, was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Osmania University. One of his brothers, N V Ramana Rao,[4] is Director at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Hyderabad. His sister Dr. Padmavathi is a gynaecologist.
Rao was married to Savithri who died in February 2017 from prolonged illness. They have a daughter Amuktha Naraparaju working in Australia and son Avaneesh Naraparaju is a High court lawyer.
Rao took to politics while at Picket Kendriya Vidyalaya school during the period of the Emergency. For three consecutive years, he was elected President of the Students' Union (affiliated to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, (ABVP)) while studying Bachelor of Arts at Railway Degree College. For two terms, he was elected as secretary (ABVP) of Osmania Law College Student Union. He was jailed 14 times during his student years.
He attended high school in 1977 at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Picket Secunderabad. His BA came from Railway Degree College Secunderabad in 1980. He secured a Master of Arts (Political Science) from Osmania University in 1982, standing second in the examinations. He earned an LLB from Osmania University in 1985.
Rao lost the 2009 election for Member of Legislative Council (MLC)[5] for the Graduates’ constituency for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar districts.He contested in 2014 from Malkajgiri, for Member of Legislative Assembly and lost by a narrow margin.[6] In 2015, he won as Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Mahabubnagar, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad Graduates Constituency in Telangana as a BJP candidate. Rao lost to Surabhi Vani Devi in 2021 Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Graduates’ constituency elections.[7]