Preparations in full swing for national Telugu conference in Berhampur

Naveen Patnaik, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy to attend the conference

BERHAMPUR: Preparations are in full swing for the sixth all-India Telugu conference to be held in Berhampur city from February 4. The conference is being organised jointly by Poti Sriramulu Telugu University, Mandali Venkat Krishna Rao (MVKR) International Telugu Centre of Andhra Pradesh in coordination with Andhra Bhashabivardhini Samajam and other Telugu organisations of Berhampur and Orissa. The three-day conference will be held at City High School grounds. Some 1,000 delegates from all over the country are expected to attend the conference. On Sunday, coordinator of the national conference D. Muniratnam Naidu arrived in the city to monitor the preparations. An office for the conference was opened on the premises of the samajam complex. Secretary of the local organising committee R. Suryanarayana said the inaugural ceremony would be attended by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and others.

Source: The Hindu