Parmesh Bheemreddy of Delaware has been elected president of American Telugu Association (ATA), an organisation working for promoting Telugu language and culture besides networking of Telugu-speaking people in the United States. He will hold office till 2021.
Along with him, Bhuvanesh Reddy Boojala was voted as president-elect and will serve as president for 2021-2022.
An 18-member board of trustees was also elected and they will be in place for a four-year term beginning 2019. The new team was elected at the ATA board meeting held at Las Vegas, attended by over 200 delegates from across USA.
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Mr. Bheemreddy said that apart from preserving the language and culture for future generations, ATA will also focus on counselling on immigration and jobs for students, free online SAT training and college admission counselling for high school students, medical and dental camps for visiting parents apart from expanding emergency services for Telugu community.
Mr. Bheemreddy hails from Pothireddypalli in Nagarkurnool district and moved to USA in 1992 after completing his engineering. He runs a software company; his wife is a cardiologist. He also started Palamoor NRI Forum and has been involved in social activities.
Other members in the executive committee for 2019-20 include Venugopal Sankineni (secretary), Ravi Patlola (treasurer), Sharath Vemula and Arvind Reddy Muppidi (joint secretaries) and Kiran Pasham (executive director).
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