About Me
Nara Lokesh is an Indian politician and a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a regional political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born on January 23, 1983, in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Nara Lokesh is the son of Nara Chandrababu Naidu, a prominent Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh multiple times. Nara Lokesh's entry into politics was primarily through his family's political legacy, and he took an active role in the TDP. Before entering into politics he completed MBA in the world's most prestigious Stanford University.
He has started his career as an employee with world bank. He has held various positions in the party and government, including being a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Andhra Pradesh. Nara Lokesh has also been involved in technology and business ventures.
On 27 January 2023 Nara Lokesh started Yuva Galam Padayatra for youth of Andhra Pradesh for 400 days with a road-map to walk 4,000 kms from Kuppam to Ichchapuram.
Speeches On International stages
International Innovation Fair 2017
Fintech Festival
Food & Agri Investment Summit 2017
CII SUMMIT
Word Economic Forum at China
Speech on Artificial Intelligence, Drone Technology
Companies brought by Lokesh Under TDP Government (2014-2019)
KIA
LOCATION: Anantapuram district
Apollo Tyres
LOCATION: Chittoor district
Hero Motors
LOCATION: Chittoor district
PAYTM
LOCATION: Visakhapatnam district
HCL
LOCATION: Krishna District
Ultra Tech
LOCATION: Anantapuram district
Asian Paints
LOCATION: Vishakhapatnam district
Google X
LOCATION: Visakhapatnam district
BRITANIA
LOCATION: Chittoor district
ZOHO
LOCATION: Chittoor District
PROCEED GROUP
LOCATION: Visakhapatnam district
CELKON MOBILES
LOCATION: Chittoor district
ASHOK LEYLAND
LOCATION: Krishna District
XIAOMI MOBILES
LOCATION: Chittoor District
LAVA MOBILES
LOCATION: Chittoor District
MICROMAX
LOCATION: Chittoor district
ISUZU MOTORS
LOCATION: Chittoor district
Franklin Templeton Investments
LOCATION: Visakhapatnam district
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY GROUP
LOCATION: Chittoor District
KARBONN MOBILES
LOCATION: Chittoor District
Nara Lokesh Achievements
- Nara Lokesh completed his BSc with specialization in Management Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University from 2000 to 2004.
- Nara Lokesh completed his MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business from 2006 to 2008.
- During his tenure at the World Bank from August 2004 to January 2006, Nara Lokesh was involved in several projects, including Govt of Ethiopia's e-Gov Capacity building, Govt of South Sudan, and Liberia's Global Support Centre.
- Introduced the accidental death insurance scheme for all active workers of TDP, benefiting the families of thousands of karyakarthas.
- Nara Lokesh aimed to transform Andhra Pradesh into an IT hub and create 100,000 IT jobs by 2019, which he achieved.
- At the CII Partnership Summit 2018, Nara Lokesh ably assisted @ncbn to help AP sign 76 MoUs with a committed investment of Rs. 30,058 Crores and committed employment of 1,31,748 jobs.
- Invited to represent India at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Entrepreneurship Summit and Annual Meeting of World Champions in Tianjin, China.
- Recognized as one of the world's most influential young people in the government by the UK-based global policy platform Apolitical, ranking 16th among young politicians from various countries.
- The World Economic Forum recognized Nara Lokesh as their young global leader of 2019, which included 127 individuals from across the globe.
- Felicitated with the prestigious "Dr. Kalam Innovation in Governance Award" in New Delhi for the effective and innovative initiatives implemented for the development of Andhra Pradesh.
- Made a massive effort to organize a Mega Job Fair in Vijayawada through the Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy (APITA), attended by more than 7700 candidates, and 1000 final job offers were made.
- Spearheaded GoAP to collaborate with TiE, EO, Amaravathi Angels, and had them set up their local chapters in the State. California's Falkon X gave bay area exposure to local start-ups and reshaped their entrepreneurial journeys.
- Credited with successfully managing the TDP party's membership drive that added five million members.
- Visioned the establishment of International Institute of Digital Technologies (IIDT) at Tirupathi to preempt an increasing gap in emerging technologies.
- Nara Lokesh received the "Digital Leader of the Year" award during Businessworld Digital India Summit and Awards 2018 at New Delhi.
- Lokesh won the "Skoch Person of the Year" award in 2018, for his innovative use of technology while resolving issues related to drinking water supply, transparency in governance, and other activities under his Panchayati Raj portfolio.
- During his tenure as a leader in the TDP (Telugu Desam Party), Nara Lokesh mentioned that 25,000 kilometers of roads were constructed during the TDP regime. He also promised to rebuild all the roads, showcasing his commitment to infrastructure development and improvement in Andhra Pradesh.
