Kotamaraju Rama Rao was an Indian journalist, editor, and freedom fighter. He was the first editor of National Herald, the English-language newspaper established by Jawaharlal Nehru. He was elected to the first Rajya Sabha as a Congress nominee from the undivided state of Madras in 1952. He was the first-ever advisor on 'Plan Publicity' to the Nehru government in 1956 and also served as a member of the Press Council of India and Vice-Chairman of Working Journalists Union.