Narla Tata Rao (4 September 1917 – 7 April 2007) was a prominent person in the power sector of India and a former chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board.
[1] Tata Rao was born on 4 September 1917 in Kavutaram near Gudlavalleru, in Krishna district to a Telugu-speaking Kamma family.
Tata Rao built the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board from scratch in 1958.
Rao appointed him as Member (Thermal) of the Central Water and Power Commission (CWPC) in 1972.
He increased the installed capacity of the state grid five-fold by conceiving giant generation projects like Vijayawada Thermal Station, Nagarjunasagar, Srisailam and Lower Sileru.