[5] Kothapalli Jayashankar was born in Akkampet village, Atmakur mandal, Warangal in Hyderabad State to Lakshmikantha Rao and Mahalakshmi of the Vishwakarma community.

[6] His biography, Voduvani Muchchata, written by Kompelli Venkat Goud, was released by KCR and other prominent personalities.

As a young student of intermediate, Jayashankar walked out of his class in protest against state reorganisation in 1952.

In 1969 Jayashankar formed a strong team with about ten members, in consultation with Prof. Rawada Satyannaraya, to contribute as intellectuals during the fight for Telangana and not be Silent Spectators any more.

Swamy was Jayashanker's childhood classmate and friend; both of them studied in Warangal, and did MA together at Benaras Hindu University.

It was Jayashankar who offered lime juice to the BRS president when the latter broke his famous fast for Telangana in December 2009.

[citation needed] Professor Jayashankar was Registrar of the then Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) before being appointed Vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University in 1991.

He made in-depth studies on the problems emanating from regional disparities in the levels of development with special reference to A.P.