He was the Member of parliament who represented Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency of Andhra Pradesh from 1998 to 1999 and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly member from 1989 to 1994.
[3] Rao was born on 4 May 1955 in Mindi village of Visakhapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh.
During his education span, he passed secondary examination from a nearby school and then moved to Hindustan Shipyard Degree College, Visakhapatnam for further studies.
[4] Rao was born to Gudivada Appanna and at the age of 25, he married Nagamani[5] on 23 August 1981.
[7][8] Rao was 46 when he developed end-stage kidney disease and died on 22 November 2001 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.