Dr. Alapati Purnachandra Rao is an Associate Professor of English at PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He has 27 Years of experience in teaching English Language and Literature. He has organized three National Conferences, an International Conference on English Language Teaching. He has presented 46 papers in National and International Conferences. He has published 31 research articles in reputed National and International journals so far. He also published two books, 'Urban Women in Shobha De’s Fiction' and
'Bomma-Borusu' (Telugu KavitaaSamputi) which delineate the contemporary reality prevalent in the society. He was felicitated by 'Lions Club International', Vijayawada in the name of 'Jai Upadhyaya' on the occasion of Teachers' Day and Engineers Day’ in 2017. He received appreciation from the honourable Ex-Vice President of India, Sri. M. Venkaiah Naidu garu for his Telugu book, “Bomma-Borusu’ on 17th April, 2023.