TThe Telugu Literary and Cultural Association (TLCA) is a non-profit Tax-exempt organization has been continuously operating in the New York Metropolitan area for last 39 years. Established in 1971, primarily to promote Indian traditional and cultural values especially among the youth being brought up in this great country, we organize several cultural programs every year. Recently we have celebrated our Ugadi Program in April 2009, Dussehra & Diwali Program in November 2009 and Sankranthi Program in January 2010 that attracted huge crowds from the Tristate area. Besides three major events TLCA conducts Competitions and other continued activities. We request all of you to continue your support to our future TLCA Literary, Cultural and Youth activities. TLCA has a membership of about a thousand people in its mailing list. A significant portion of these are Business Men, Doctors, CPAs, Engineers, Software Professionals and Professionals from other fields

We will be celebrating UGADI, the Telugu New Year, with a Grand Gala program on April 17th of 2010. This time we shall organize cultural programs on a grand scale. Besides bringing star performers, we also would like to encourage local talent to perform, especially the Telugu Youth by providing them with the necessary tools and infrastructure to showcase their latent skills and talent. There will also be a grand dinner with traditional Telugu foods. We expect about a thousand people to attend.

Sponsoring this program will be a sure and effective way to increase the visibility of your corporation to this highly desirable demographic group. We offer the following options:

          Grand Sponsor, TLCA Ugadi : $5000.00

            Sponsor, TLCA Ugadi :             $3000.00

            Single Event Sponsor :              $2100.00

TLCA publishes a SOUVENIR for the UGADI program. This booklet has a wide circulation, distributed to the attendees as well as to our sister organizations in the tri state area. The attractive mix of articles, stories and poems, by local authors, guarantees that it will be passed around widely for reading and reach of an estimated few thousand Telugu people in the area.

Advertising in the SOUVENIR will bring your message to a large number of high-income audiences. We offer the following options:

        Full page, color                                   : $1200.00

          Full page B&W                                    : $1000.00

          Half page                                             : $  500.00

          Quarter page                                       : $  250.00

          Eighth page                                         : $  100.00

          Color cover page                                : $1500.00

For further options please contact the undersigned.

TLCA also maintains a website http://www.tlca.com which carries reports, pictures, video and audio clips from the programs soon after they happen. It is also a magazine site with fresh content - stories, poems, and news items added every month. This website has proved to be extraordinarily popular. Over the last 12 months, the website averaged 6500 hits per day.  Advertising on the TLCA website helps great visibility to your company/organization. Supporting the Telugu Literary and Cultural Association has several benefits to your business or practices. Your message will reach a large number of people in the Tristate area. It will also reach the very desirable high-income professional segment. Please note that TLCA is a not-for-profit organization, and all donations are fully tax deductible. Please e-mail the advertising matter to Srinivas Guduru at souvenir_editor@tlca.com. Raji Kuncham will be the co-editor.

Checks may be payable to TLCA and mailed to: Rao Voleti, Treasurer TLCA, 33-24 215th Place, Bayside, NY 11361. Please indicate correct requirements in cover letter. Contact below for any questions.

Shiva Muthiki                                                                                              Vikram Jangam

President - TLCA                                                                                        Secretary - TLCA