proff.kottapally jayashnkar

                  TDF Canada deeply mourns the death of Prof Jayashakar
An ideologue of the separate Telangana cause and former vice chancellor of Kakatiya University Dr Kothapalli Jayashankar died in Warangal on Tuesday morning. He was 76.
Prof Jayashankar participated in all three Telangana movements in 1952, 1969 and present movement, passed away without seeing a separate Telangana State. He is one of the popular scholar advisor, activist and supporter of Separation of Telangana.Telangana region was enveloped in a gloom and mourning as one of the oldest ideologues and visionaries of Telangana state Prof Kothapally Jayashankar passed away on Tuesday 11.15 am IST.Seventy six-year-old professor, who was suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad, breathed his last at his home in Hanmakonda in Warangal district where he was shifted earlier.
A leading light of all the movements for Telangana state during last half a century, Jayashankar also served as a the vice chancellor of the Kakatiya university in Warangal.
Jayashankar who made his last public appearance at the launch of a Telangana Telugu daily "Namaste Telangana" in Hyderabad last month, always held the dream of separate state very close to his heart as he strongly believed and proved with statistics that the region was not getting justice from Andhra region.
News of Jayashankar's death spread like a wild fire across the region and political leaders cutting across the party lines mourned the stalwart.TDF Canada deeply mourns the death as a great loss for Telangana movement. "Achieving Telangana state would be the real tribute for him because he spent his life fighting for this cause".Prof Jayashankar's last rites will be performed on Wednesday. Before that his body will be kept at the Telangana Martyrs memorial, and Ekashila park in Hanamkonda where the people will pay their last respects. Prof. Jayashanker was actively associated with the separate Telangana movement since his student days. After the emergence of Telangana Rasthra Samithi (TRS) headed by K Chandrasekhara Rao, Prof. Jayashankar has been the guiding force of the party's movement and liaisoning with Central leaders.
People of Telangna region are observing a three day mourning over the passing away of the ideologue. "Telangana organizations are not organizing any program other than the condolence meetings"Born on August 6, 1934 in Akkampet Village of Athmakur Manadal, Warangal District, Prof Jayashankar studied in Banaras University, and Osmania University in Hyderabad and did his PhD in economics. Starting his career as a school teacher and became lecturer, served as Principal CKM College, Warangal later became the vice chancellor of Kakatiya University and he also served as Registrar of CIEFL (Central Institute of English and Foreign Lanugages), Hyderabad.  He was a Member of National Commission for Enterprises in the Un-organized sector during 2004 and 2006. His childhood friends and relatives say that he pledged not to marry without getting Telangana State and died as a bachelor.