Rupa Ranga Puttagunta (born June 19, 1981) is an American lawyer who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2022 to 2024.

[2] On March 30, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Puttagunta to serve as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

President Biden nominated Puttagunta to the seat vacated by Judge Patricia A. Broderick, whose term expired on June 5, 2020.

[3] On September 14, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

[5] On February 1, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–38 vote.