Paatasala & TANA Telugu Poteelu - 2019

Paatasala, was originally started in October 2013 in 10 centers in USA by Telugu Times, the First Global Telugu Newspaper serving the NR Telugu Community in USA, not only publishing newspaper but also supporting and spreading the awareness about Telugu Culture through various media. Drawing a thought from its own tag line, ManaVaallu-ManaBaasha, Telugu Times started Paatasala, through an easy and a scientific way of teaching Telugu Language to the children of NRIs.

However, after seeing the response from the community, an Independent organization, Paatasala Inc was incorporated in August 2014. With a larger plans of serving the community, PaatasalaInc has applied for and obtained Non Profit status with 501 (C) (3) certification immediately. After examining the systems and teaching methods of Paatasala imparting Telugu language, the mother tongue of Telugu community, School Education Dept, Govt of Andhra Pradesh not only recognized but also adopted Paatasala as its Partner in October 2016.

Our Vision

To make Telugu accessible and easy to learn as a language of communication and interaction for the upcoming generations

Our Mission

Our mission is to offer a scientific and easy way of teaching Telugu language starting from alphabets to various aspects through a 4 year course to the NRI children.

Our first aim is to make a child like the language, put them at complete ease and then teach the language.

Our commitment is to ensure that learning is simply not just knowing the language and being able to read/write/speak.

Paatasala is designed in such way that NRI families will have the convenience and comfort of sending their children for weekend classes ( or taking an Online teaching method from their homes) to learn Telugu language and the growing child will feel confident that he/she is learning one more language.

TANA: Telugu Association of North America (or TANA, as it is well known) is the oldest and biggest Indo-American organization in North America. TANA was founded at a convention in New York in 1977 of Telugus from all over North America and was incorporated in 1978 as a not-for-profit organization. TANA’s mission is to identify and address social, cultural and educational needs of North American Telugu Community in particular and Telugu people in general. TANA aims to perpetuate, integrate, and assimilate the cultural heritage of the Telugu-speaking people into the mainstream of North America. Telugu and Indian ethnic organizations around the world look up to TANA as a pioneer and role model for its various innovations in promoting culture and serving the community.

TANA takes pride in its efforts to preserve and propagate Telugu language. TANA established and supported several teaching programs in Telugu at various US universities and instituted educational scholarships for needy students. TANA’s biannual novel and short story competitions and sponsorship of publications have acted as a catalyst for new trends in Telugu literature. In addition to publishing rare and important works in Telugu, TANA helped introduce modern Telugu poetry as well as the Telugu classics like Kanyasulkam to non-Telugu speakers thru its subvention of English translations.

TANA played an important strategic role in Telugu being recognized by the Government of India as a classical language. TANA recognizes people striving to promote and preserve Telugu language by honoring them with the GiduguRamamurtyPantulu Award. TANA’s support was crucial in the development of important information technology tools for Telugu ranging from the first set of Telugu fonts placed in public domain in 1995 to the recent searchable Telugu dictionaries on line.