Nara Lokesh

Nara Lokesh
Lokesh in 2023
Minister of Human Resources Development Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Botsa Satyanarayana
Minister of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Gudivada Amarnath
In office 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded by	Mekapati Goutham Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Alla Ramakrishna Reddy
Constituency	Mangalagiri
Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
Succeeded by	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh
In office 28 March 2017 – 29 March 2023
Chairman	A. Chakrapani N. M. D. Farooq Shariff Mohammed Ahmed Koyye Moshenu Raju
Leader of the House	N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Constituency	Elected by MLAs
National General Secretary, Telugu Desam Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014 Serving with Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
National President	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	(1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 41)[1] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Nara Brahmani ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	Nara Devaansh[2]
Parent(s)	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (father) Nara Bhuvaneswari (mother)
Residence(s)	Undavalli, Andhra Pradesh, India[3]
Education	BSc (Carnegie) (2004) MBA (Stanford) (2008)
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) (2000-2004) Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States) (2006-2008)
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.naralokesh.in

Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications and the Human Resources Development departments in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the General Secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and leader of the TDP. Lokesh served as the Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and the Information Technology, Electronics and Communication departments from 2017 to 2019 while being elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in 2017.

In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Lokesh unsuccessfully stood as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency. In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as an MLA for Mangalagiri.