Nanduri Prasada Rao (Telugu:నండూరి ప్రసాద రావు), born as Nandury Durga Mallikarjuna Prasadarao, was a prominent Communist leader, contributed communist movement in India, he was former member of Indian Parliament upper house Rajya Sabha and former Member of Legislative council (MLC) of Andhra Pradesh.
Prasada Rao one of founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).
He continued to be Central Committee member of CPI (M) till his death.
He was founder of communist movement along with Puchalapalli Sundarayya, Chandra Rajeswara Rao, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Makineni Basavapunnaiah and others.
[2] He came from an upwardly mobility family but he chose to relinquish material comforts and he led an ascetic life.