Among its many schools and colleges, Bapatla is very well known for Bapatla Engineering College (also called BEC), Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural College Bapatla, and the College of Agricultural Engineering (also called CAE), College of Food Science and Technology and Bapatla Polytechnic College.
He has been elected to serve as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Bapatla Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India, between 1999 and 2004 and since 2009.
Subbarao was born in the small village of Yazali, near Bapatla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
It is a part of the Bapatla (SC) parliamentary and Santhanuthalapadu (SC) assembly constituency.