Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh


The Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh is a governmental institution to co-ordinate study and research in journalism, in Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded on 24 February 1996. K.Srinivasa Reddy was the first chairman of the academy. By 2005, the academy had digitalised 16-lakh pages of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals published from pre-independence to post-independence, up to 1977. V. Vasudeva Deekshithulu currently serves as the chairman of the academy who was appointed in 2015 for a period of two years.