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{{short description|American non-profit organization}}
{{Orphan|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = America Progressive Telugu Association
| image = File:America Progressive Telugu Association.png
| type = Organization for networking of [[Telugu people]] living in the United States
| founded = 2008
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = JJV Subrahmanyam
| leader_title2 = Board Chair
| leader_name2 = Eswar Arige
| leader_title3 = General Secretary
| leader_name3 = Lalit Kumar Vadlamudi
| founders = Prasad Sammeta (Founding Chairman)
| location = Overland Park, Kansas State
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| origins = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] [[Telugu people|Telugu]] population in the United States
| key_people = Prasad Sammeta, Srinivas Chandu (Founding President) and Srini Chimata (Director)
| region_served = [[United States of America]]
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| owner = APTA
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| website = https://ap-ta.org/
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'''America Progressive Telugu Association''' ({{langx|te|అమెరికన్ ప్రోగ్రసివ్ తెలుగు అస్సోసియేషన్}}, also referred to as '''APTA''') is a non-profit organization primarily aimed at networking for [[Telugu people]] in the [[United States of America]]. It is incorporated in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Telugu Association|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-08-30/America-Progressive-Telugu-Association-convention-from-August-31-to-September-2/408746|website=TheHansIndia|date=30 August 2018 |accessdate=30 August 2018}}</ref> APTA was founded in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Founded Association|url=https://ap-ta.org/introduction/|website=APTA|accessdate=30 November 2018}}</ref>

The association also provides yearly scholarships for merit students.<ref>{{cite news|title=about|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/us-telugu-assn-distributes-scholarships-worth-15-cr/article21828641.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 December 2017 |accessdate=18 December 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://ap-ta.org/ APTA website]
* [https://www.guidestar.org/profile/26-2189788/ Gidestar Profile]

[[Category:Telugu organizations in North America]]
[[Category:Telugu diaspora in the United States]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States]]

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American Progressive Telugu Association - Revision history

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