The Editors
G. N. Devy is the chief editor of the PLSI series. He taught at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, till 1996 before leaving to set up the Bhasha Research Centre in Baroda and the Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh, where he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Apart from being awarded the Padma Shree (2014), he has received many awards for his work in literature and language conservation.
A. Usha Devi has worked in the field of theoretical and applied linguistics for over four decades. She has taught at M.S. University (Baroda), Telugu University and Addis Ababa University. She received her doctorate degree in linguistics from Osmania University and has published widely in English and Telugu. Some of her important publications include Acquisition of Syntax (1990), Applied Linguistics (edited; 2006) and Andhra Pradesh Telangana Rashtrala Bhashalu (co-edited; 2015). She received the Andhra Pradesh Government's Best Teacher Award (2001) and Telugu University's Kirti Puraskar (2012).
D. Chandrashekhar Reddy worked as a teacher and head of the department in the Oriental Kalashala of Andhra Saraswat Parishad. He was a writer and editor of Telugu prose while being on the curriculum committee of government schools of Andhra Pradesh. He received the Andhra Pradesh Government's Best Teacher Award (2005) and Telugu University's Pratibha Puraskar (2009).
The Translators
Annapurna Cherla teaches at the Department of Hindi, Faculty of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Her published works are 'Vishvambhara' poetry and its Hindi translation: An evaluation, Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya (translated from Telugu), Vemana (translated from Telugu), Sri Dattatreyam (Sri Dattaswami Virachitam) (translated from Telugu), and New Traditions and Dimensions of Translation. Her articles have been published in various newspapers and magazines. She is also a member in various committees.
M. Lakshmikantham has worked as a Hindi professor at The Mother’s Degree College for Women, Hyderabad. She has also translated many Telugu stories, poems and novels into Hindi.