Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

She can read, write and speak five languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and French.

[5] She married Daggubati Venkateswara Rao on 9 May 1979 and they have a daughter, Nivedita and son, Hitesh Chenchuram.

[8] She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament for Indian National Congress in the 15th Lok Sabha.

[10] She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 March 2014 after resigning from the Indian National Congress, as a mark of protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh that was favoured by the then United Progressive Alliance government.