NATA Official Met CM Reddy for NRI Telugu Exchange Program

Hyderabad: NATA has submitted a proposal for establishing Telugu Exchange Program for NRI children of Telugu parents in the US. 

On March 2, 2011, NATA Executive Vice-president Rajeshwar Reddy Gangasani has met Chief Minister Sri Kiran Kumar Reddy and submitted a proposal for Telugu Exchange Program, an academic collaboration for promoting Telugu language to NRI children via Summer Student Exchange program. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said that he will help establishing a NRI Telugu exchange program and going to order Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in Hyderabad to do need full support for this program.
This is a very good start for American Telugu Exchange Program, said NATA president AVN Reddy.
As part of NATA’s core mission, NATA intends to promote the Telugu language to children of Telugu origin in the United States – so that they can read and write in Telugu or adapt Telugu as second language. NATA proposed that this objective can be achieved efficiently by entering into an academic partnership with esteemed educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh, such as Telugu University, that is committed to promote Telugu language. 
Towards this project, NATA is trying to provide financial assistance in the form of scholarship to few selected students. Ravi Gajullapali is the committee chair for Telugu exchange program under the advisorship of Dr. Stanley Reddy, a board of director.  Upon further confirmation of University officials, terms and conditions of this collaboration are worked out towards writing a MoU for this program, said Rajeshwar Reddy.