Born in 1948 in a remote village in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh Purushothama Rao is a post graduate in Telugu language and literature and has worked with State Bank of India for 33 years. He has two volumes of Telugu poems published and has more than 500 poems, 50 essays and 5 stories to his credit. He has penned over 3500 poems in English as well. He aspires for and respects human values in day to life. He is also contemplating to translate his Telugu poems into English.