International Telugu Institute was established by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1975 in acceptance of a resolution unanimously adopted by the delegates to the first World Telugu Conference held at Hyderabad. It was later merged with the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in 1985 and renamed as the International Telugu Centre. The institute has three departments – the Department of Society and Culture; the Department of Languages, Literature and Translation; and the Department of Publications.

Main objectives

Publications

The institute has been collaborating with the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore for conducting language environment camps. It is also bringing out a monthly journal entitled Telugu Vaani in English and Telugu. It has published four monographs – Burma lo Telugu Vaani, Mauritius lo Telugu Vaani, Pandugalu Pabbalu and Vernacularisation of Literacy - the Telugu Experiment. The institute has taken up a scheme of publishing monographs on the life and mission of the important Telugu persons based on the Lectures organized by them. During the year 1983–85, they have released monographs on: The monogram on Poosapati Ananda Gajapati Raju was written by Dr. V. V. B. Rama Rao and published by the institute in August 1985.

Lectures

The institute has been organizing periodical lectures in memory of illustrious Telugu persons.