Telugu Academy

[1] P. V. Narasimha Rao started chairing the Academy the same year, possibly being the inaugural holder of the role.

[2][3] According to current chairperson Lakshmi Parvathi, the institute printed only Telugu books until the 1998-99 school year, where it diversified into publishing maths, science and English textbooks as well.

[5] The latter decision caused some objection from opposition parties and figures, who claimed that signified a reduction in the status of Telugu and that the Academy was already underfunded and would now have to make its budget stretch even further, while officials defended the change by pointing to the use of Sanskrit for technical vocabulary in Telugu.

[4][6] Member of parliament G. V. L. Narasimha Rao and actor-cum-politician Pawan Kalyan proposed that a separate Sanskrit academy should be set up instead.

[4][7] In 2019, the Academy was criticized for a 2016 book on the Telangana movement which had a significant number of factual and writing errors as well as contentious statements.