He completed his bachelor's degree in engineering from CBIT, Hyderabad and went to the US for higher studies and started an IT Consulting company before returning to India in 2008.
Anil Kumar Eravathri joined the newly formed Praja Rajyam Party of Telugu hero and film Icon Chiranjeevi in 2009, and contested from Balkonda Assembly constituency in Nizamabad district of Telangana, and won with a majority of 8159 votes in a triangular contest involving the Indian National Congress party and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
The Indian National Congress party formed the government and PRP had to play the role of opposition in the AP Assembly.
[5] Anil Eravathri played a key role in the PRP and served as its General Secretary of the state unit before its merger with the Congress party in 2012.
He worked closely with the Congress party leaders for the benefit of the farming community and turmeric farmers of his constituency.