At its ongoing 12 Conference in Atlanta, American Telugu Association (ATA) honored Teluguone.com Managing Director Sri Ravishankar Kantamaneni with ATA Award on 6 July, 2012. The award was announced by Sri Rajendra Jinna, president ATA and was given away by AP Food & Civil Supplies Minister Sri Sridhar Babu, who participated the conference as the Chief Guest.

As part of its biennial confrences, ATA felicitates prominent individuals for their exemplary contribution towards cultural, social, literary and charitable services to the society. This year also, at its 12th Conference in Atlanta from 6-9 July 2012, several prominent personalities have been profusely showered with great honors. Teluguone.com managing director and popular philanthropist Sri Ravishankar Kantamaneni is one among the selected few. Through his brain child - Teluguone, the largest and popular Telugu language portal - he not only provided the globally scattered Telugu people with a bridge to their motherland, but also is preserving and propagating the Telugu language. Through the charitable institution - Teluguone Foundation - he is successfully bringing succor to many a downtrodden and needy people in the remote villages of Andhra pradesh.