French National Institute of Oriental Languages, Civilisations assistant professor and an international authority on the folk art form of ‘Burrakatha’ Daniel Negers was felicitated for his contribution to Telugu by the Telugu Association of Netherlands (TANE) at its Ugadi celebrations.

The Telugus living in Netherlands met in the city of Eindhoven on Ugadi and felicitated Prof. Negers for his contribution to Telugu, according to a press release here by TANE team.

It was following his recommendation that Telugu was made one of the 90-odd languages taught at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), a national institute of France.

Prof. Negers speaks Telugu fluently and flawlessly like a person from Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

He lived in Peddapuram of East Godavari district for several years to study Burrakatha under various gurus.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Special Correspondent / Vijayawada – April 13th, 2014