Ponnam Prabhakar

Ponnam Prabhakar
Minister for Transport & BC Welfare
Government of Telangana[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 December 2023
Governor
Chief MinisterRevanth Reddy
Department and ministry
  • Transport
  • B.C Welfare
Preceded byGangula Kamalakar
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 December 2023
Preceded byVodithela Sathish Kumar
ConstituencyHusnabad
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byK. Chandra Shakher Rao
Succeeded byB. Vinod Kumar
ConstituencyKarimnagar
Personal details
Born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 57)
Karimnagar, Telangana
Political partyINC
SpouseManjula Ponnam
ChildrenTwo children, Pruthvi, Pranav
Parent(s)Sathaiah Goud, Mallamma
Residence(s)Karimnagar, Hyderabad

Ponnam Prabhakar (born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician and Currently Serving as Minister of Transport and BC Welfare in Telangana.[2][3]He was a member of 15th Lok Sabha.He was the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. [4] He belongs to Indian National Congress and represented the Karimnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was the youngest Member of Parliament who represented Karimnagar constituency between 2009-14.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ The Economic Times (9 December 2023). "Portfolios allocated to Ministers in new Congress govt in Telangana". Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ The Hindu (9 December 2023). "A farmer's son who ploughed his path in the field of politics". Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ Deccan Chronicle (18 December 2023). "Ponnam Assumes Charge, Releases Rs 375 cr. to TSRTC". Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ^ Ravikanth Reddy (18 March 2023). "Govt. can't disown TSPSC and should take responsibility on leaks: Ponnam Prabhakar". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Without the Gandhis, KTR wouldn't have been a Minister: Former MP Ponnam Prabhakar in Hyderabad". The Hindu. 17 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Ponnam reminds CM of assurances given to RTC employees". The Hindu. 12 June 2023.
  7. ^ "6 senior leaders in Cabinet race from Warangal, Karimnagar". 6 December 2023.