The World Telugu Conference to be held from December 15 to reflect the glory of Telugu literature and culture should also become a platform to propagate the richness of Telangana culture and dialect, said Nizamabad MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha here on Thursday.
Ms. Kavitha, who was the special guest at the core committee meeting at Ravindra Bharathi after the inauguration of WTC office, said Telugu people residing in about 25 countries should be invited to the five-day event. Various cultural organisations and NGOs should be involved in the conference and people’s representatives and Telugu language admirers should publicise the event within the country and abroad, she said.
The committee meeting was chaired by Nandini Sidha Reddy, Sahitya Akademi Chairman and K.V. Ramana Chary, Adviser (Culture). They said apart from Hyderabad, video conferences would be held with other District Collectors to discuss the arrangements for the prestigious event. Representatives of about 250 cultural organisations and voluntary organisations would extend their services for the conference and an estimated 6,500 delegates would attend the same, they said.
Arrangements were also being made to campaign about the World Telugu Conference in other States and countries. The Lal Bahadur Stadium would be the main venue and Ravindra Bharathi, Lalitha Kala Thoranam, Telugu University, Indira Priyadarshini Auditorium would be other venues for cultural, literary and folk arts programmes.
Various programmes were being planned to celebrate the World Telugu Conference as a cultural convention and people from across the world could get information from the World Telugu Conference office.
Several members including Telugu University Vice-Chancellor Satyanarayana, Tourism and Culture Department Secretary B. Venkatesham and Director (Culture) Mamidi Harikrishna attended the meeting.