| Ponnam Prabhakar | |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Karimnagar, Telangana |
| Residence: | Karimnagar, Hyderabad |
| Office: | Minister for Transport & BC Welfare Government of Telangana[1] |
| Term Start: | 7 December 2023 |
| 2Blankname: | Department and ministry |
| 2Namedata: |
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| Governor: |
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| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Revanth Reddy |
| Predecessor: | Gangula Kamalakar |
| Office1: | Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 3 December 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Vodithela Sathish Kumar |
| Constituency1: | Husnabad |
| Office6: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start6: | 2009 |
| Term End6: | 2014 |
| Predecessor6: | K. Chandra Shakher Rao |
| Successor6: | B. Vinod Kumar |
| Constituency6: | Karimnagar |
| Party: | INC |
| Parents: | Sathaiah Goud, Mallamma |
| Spouse: | Manjula Ponnam |
| Children: | Two children,Pruthvi, Pranav |
Ponnam Prabhakar (born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician and Currently Serving as Minister of Transport and BC Welfare in Telangana.[2] [3] He was a member of 15th Lok Sabha.He was the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.[4] He belongs to Indian National Congress and represented the Karimnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was the youngest Member of Parliament who represented Karimnagar constituency between 2009-14.[5] [6] [7]
A student leader from his college days, he became Union President of SRR Government Degree and PG College during 1987-1988. He served as district General Secretary of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) from 1987 to 1989. He was also the Convenor of the District Colleges of Karimnagar from 1987 to 1988. He held the position of NSUI State Secretary from 1989 to 1991 and followed by District President of NSUI from 1992 to 1998. He later was elected again as NSUI State President from 1999 to 2002.[8] [9]
He worked as General Secretary of State Youth Congress from 2002 to 2003 and then, worked as Pradesh Congress Committee Media Cell Coordinator from 2002 to 2004. He was made DCMS President and later Chairman of State Markfed. He was elected from Karimnagar as member of parliament to enter 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 on Indian National Congress (INC) ticket. He was a member for various parliamentary committees. He was one of the active participants in Telangana Movement.[10] [11]
After the formation of Telangana state in 2014, Ponnam Prabhakar contested the Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat but lost to BRS candidate B. Vinod Kumar. In 2018, he contested the Karimnagar Assembly seat and was defeated by TRS Candidate Gangula Kamalakar. In the 2019 Karimnagar Lok Sabha election, he competed again and lost to BJP candidate Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
In 2023 Assembly Elections he contested from Husnabad constituency and won with a majority of 19344 votes on BRS candidate Vodithela Sathish Kumar. Ponnam Prabhakar took oath as minister at L B Stadium in Hyderabad on 7 december 2024 and later he were assigned Transport and BC Welfare departments on 9 december 2024[12] [13] and taken charge in his office on 18 december 2024.[14]