Bhargavi Prabhanjan Rao (14 August 1944 – 23 May 2008), a Sahitya Akademi awardee, was an eminent translator in Telugu Literature.

Her most famous works include Noorella Panta, a compilation of one hundred short stories by women writers of the twentieth century.

She then married Prabhanjan Rao, and continued with her studies in the field of English Literature, before achieving a master's degree from Osmania University.

Her publications in Telugu include Album and Needala Godalu (Poems), Gundelo thadi, Chukka Navvindi and NaaPeru (short stories), Abhisarika, Thoorpu Gaali (novels), Pranava Ganga (dance ballet), and Saugandhika (monologue);she also co-authored Urvasi, a Kuchipudi dance ballet, with Varanasi Nagalakshmi.

Her translations of Girish Karnad's Kannada plays are: Naagamandala, Hayavadana, Taladandam, Tughluq and Agni Varsham.