World Telugu Conference

[2] The then Minister of Education, Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao was instrumental in starting it.

It was also attended by Sankarambadi Sundarachari, who penned the anthem "Maa Telugu Thalliki", and the actor-singer Tanguturi Suryakumari who came from London to render the anthem.

[3][1] The second WTC was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14–18 April 1981,[4][5] and the third in December 1990 in Mauritius.

[5] The fourth Telugu conference was held in Tirupati in December 2012.

[3][6][7] The fifth was held from 15 December 2017 at LB Stadium, Hyderabad, celebrating 40 years of World Telugu Conferences.