Ponguru Narayana (born 15 June 1957) is an Indian educationist turned politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

[3] Elected MLC under Telugu Desam Party,[4][5] he established the Narayana Group of Educational Institutions.

[6][7] Narayana was born on 15 June 1957, into a Telugu-speaking family of Ponguru Subbaramayya, and Subamma in Harnathapuram, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.

in mathematics and statistics from V. R. College at Nellore in 1977 and subsequently earned his MSc.

(1979) and PhD (2002) in statistics from Sri Venkateswara University and worked as a senior lecturer.