Andhra CM appreciates NRIs for protecting Telugu language

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appreciated the efforts of non-resident Telugus in protecting the language. Speaking at the World Telugu Federation conference here on Friday, Naidu said that Telugu has become the 11th most-spoken foreign language in the USA.

He said that the ‘brain drain has become brain gain’ and Telugu people have excelled in several countries. Out of 3.3 lakh Indian students who went to the USA for studies this year, 1.85 lakh were Telugus, accounting for 56%, he stated.