WARANGAL: Padma Shri awardee and Telugu scholar Garikapati Narasimha Rao has stressed the need to preserve culture, traditions and human values amid rapid technological advancement.
He delivered a special lecture on “The Importance of Culture in the Technological World” at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, on Friday evening.
The programme was organised by Ekadhwani, a Telugu and regional language literary forum under the NIT Student Activity Centre.
Garikapati said people should embrace modern technology while safeguarding their cultural roots. He said Telugu language and literature reflected the region’s cultural heritage and could help pass traditional knowledge on to future generations. He later interacted with students and answered their questions.
NIT deputy director Prof. P. Ratheesh Kumar, registrar Sunil K. Mehta, dean of student welfare Prof. K. Kiran Kumar and Student Activity Centre president Prof. Velagapudi Vasu attended the programme.
As part of Ekadhwani’s literary week, Narasimha Rao presented prizes to students who won competitions in word puzzles, arts, oratory and creative writing. The competitions aimed to promote Telugu language skills, literary interest, public speaking and creativity among students.
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