Telugu Academy , known as Telugu And Sanskrit Akademi in official materials and some sources (from [తెలుగు మరియు సంస్కృత అకాడమీ] Error: {{Langx}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch ( help ) ), can refer to two institutes set up to promote the use of Telugu and develop, preserve and modernize the language. The original one was set up by the Andhra Pradesh state government, while a new one using the original Hyderabad offices has been formed by the Telangana state government after bifurcation. The Academy has also became responsible for the creation and printing of school textbooks. This academy headquarters is located at Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh .
8-511: A committee led by J. P. L. Gwynn was formed by the Andhra Pradesh government to "modernize" Telugu and make it the primary medium for administration and education in 1966 in light of the central government's decision to promote regional languages in the same fields. Based on the committee's recommendation and the central government's scheme, the state government created the Telugu Academy as
16-463: A government institute for promoting Telugu in 1968. P. V. Narasimha Rao started chairing the Academy the same year, possibly being the inaugural holder of the role. According to current chairperson Lakshmi Parvathi , the institute printed only Telugu books until the 1998-99 school year, where it diversified into publishing maths, science and English textbooks as well. After the separation of Telangana,
24-463: A reduction in the status of Telugu and that the Academy was already underfunded and would now have to make its budget stretch even further, while officials defended the change by pointing to the use of Sanskrit for technical vocabulary in Telugu. Member of parliament G. V. L. Narasimha Rao and actor-cum-politician Pawan Kalyan proposed that a separate Sanskrit academy should be set up instead. In 2019,
32-744: The Academy entered a state of limbo as although AP set up the institute and has regional centres throughout the state, the main office in Hyderabad was located in Telangana and it took responsibility for funding its operations. During this period, its activities were significantly slowed down. A court agreement was reached giving AP and TS a 58-42 split of the Academy's assets, and AP decided to rename its academy to "AP Telugu Sanskrit Akademi" and reestablish it in Tirupati . The latter decision caused some objection from opposition parties and figures, who claimed that signified
40-449: The Academy was criticized for a 2016 book on the Telangana movement which had a significant number of factual and writing errors as well as contentious statements. Six months later, the Academy announced a panel to review and correct the issues. As part of the bifurcation, the Academy's assets were audited. It was found in 2021 that staff at a credit society where the institution had fixed deposits had embezzled ₹60 crore (600 million) from
48-512: The deposited funds. Lakshmi Parvathi Lakshmi Parvathi (born 14 September 1955) is an Andhra politician and widow of N. T. Rama Rao . She was previously married to a harikatha artist Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao. Later, she was separated from him and started living together with Rama Rao who officially married her in 1993. Lakshmi Parvathi completed her education in Telugu Literature from Telugu University of Telangana in
56-495: The elections the party did not win a single seat. She later joined Indian National Congress party. Currently, she is a member of YSR Congress Party . She contested from Sompeta Assembly constituency and Eluru Assembly constituency constituencies for the elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly in 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election . She lost both the seats. She polled a mere 1,500 votes in Eluru. Parvathi has been
64-404: The year 2000. She has been active in politics after marrying NTR. After the death of N. T. Rama Rao, she founded NTR Telugu Desam Party in 1995 by elections. Lakshmi Parvathi won as MLA from Pathapatnam (Assembly constituency) on behalf of NTRTDP with the support of Bharatiya Janata Party . 42 constituencies candidates were launched by NTR (TDP) in 1996. Even after winning 3,249,267 votes in
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