TELUGU DEPARTMENT
About
THE DEPARTMENT OF Telugu is one of the earliest established faculties in the college and is generally recognized as the most active in spreading the language and culture of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Delhi. As providence would have it, Sri Uppada Raja Rao, a distinguished scholar and an acclaimed poet joined the college and started its classes in 1961 with a small group of 9students in B.A. (Pass) with effective support from TTD management, University of Delhi, teaching and non-teaching staff, and a multitude of cultural organizations in the region and formulated its holistic pedagogy. He invited the celebrated Telugu poet Sri SankarambadiSundarachari of “maa Telugu thallikimallepoodanda” fame as the Chief Guest and founded the student association Telugu Bhasha Parishat and started a wall magazineAndhri in the same year; and edited the inaugural issue of the college annual magazine Neerajana besides setting up a well-equipped library for staff and students.
