T.V.Krishna

T.V.Krishna, an erstwhile journalist from Andhra Pradesh was born on 1.7.1919 in Govada Tenali taluka, and brought up in Chinnapulivarru in the same taluka in Andhra Pradesh,India. Giving up Government service, T.V. Krishna joined as whole timer with the Communist Party of India. He was a freedom fighter and a journalistic writer.

Widely known as TVK, his career in Journalism began in 1947 when he joined Prajashakti. Papers he worked for were big and small. His ethics gave him a wide horizon. He worked in newspapers - Visalandhra, Deccan Herald, Indian Express, Andhra Prabha, Andhra Patrika, Eenadu.,Skyline, Evidence and Mahajana. News Agencies that he worked in were "NAFEN", "UNI", and" NSS."T.V.Krishna edited and Published a fortnightly,"Events and Comments" during early 80's. TVK's book "The Difficult Decades", a collage of articles by him and his Journalistic friends was left incomplete with TVK's sudden demise on 30.1.1985. T.V.Krishna was 65 years old. This book was later brought out as a Souvenir in his memory by his wife, "T.Savitri Devi" with the help of journalistic friends and wellwishers.

T.V.Krishna was the Founder "President of the Journalists' Cooperative Housing Society". The Press Club called the Desodharaka Bhavan and the first phase of Journalists' Colony saw the light during his tenure.

T.V.Krishna's name is referred to in the legal sphere as a case study "T.V. Krishna v. Andhra Prabha [Pvt.] Ltd; while referring to the Companies Act 1956, Promotion and Formation of a Company. A simpleton, humane and with lots of values, TVK attracted a good number of well wishers. T.V.Krishna always thought about fellow workers first. His career is intermittent with being unemployed for considerable periods of time due to this very nature.

In an Inaugural speech at the function organised by DNF College of Journalism(promoted by Satish Babu) in 1995, the then Chief Minister, Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy remarked " There are very few journalists who keep their ideologies to a side and report news - News as News. Krishna is first amongst them." TVK's unbiased and factual reporting was appreciated by one and all. Many new entrants into the field of journalism were groomed by him and rever his guidance.