Surabhi Vani Devi (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician, academic and artist. She is the daughter of

P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first p ...

, former

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. She was elected as MLC in

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election from Mahbubnagar–Rangareddy–Hyderabad Graduates constituency in March 2021.

Early life

Vani Devi was born to former

on 1 April 1952 in Vangara village of then

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, India. She did her schooling from HSC from Govt. Girls High School, Hyderguda, B.A. from Osmania University and Diploma in Fine Arts from JNTU. She served as a lecturer in JNTU between 1990 and 1995.

Academic activities

Vani Devi is an artist, educationist, social activist past 35 years, founder-principal of the Sri Venkateshwara Group of Institutions. She established Surabhi Educational Society, Sri Venkateshwara College of Fine Arts In the year 1991.

As an artist

She is an artist, her favorite subject is Nature and medium is Water Colors and Acrylics. She has held more than 15 solo exhibitions, several group shows, seminars, talks in India and abroad since 1973.

Awards

# Awarded ''International Women’s Achievement Award'' by Telangana State Government in 2016. # Awarded ''Pratibha Puraskar'' award by

Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Suravaram Pratap Reddy Telugu University (SPTU), formerly Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU), is a public state university in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the few Indian language universities in India. University It was e ...

References

Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians 1952 births Living people Members of the Telangana Legislative Council 21st-century Indian women politicians P. V. Narasimha Rao Women in Telangana politics {{Telangana-politician-stub