L. Prakasam

Ecclesiastical ministry

Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars

The Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars posted Prakasam to parishes in the northern coastal area of Andhra Pradesh along the Bay of Bengal in Ichchapuram, Sompeta, Tekkali and Visakhapatnam. in Waltair. In 1981, when the successive auxiliary secretary, T. B. D. Prakasa Rao was recalled by his church society, the vacant position was filled with the elevation of Prakasam as the auxiliary secretary of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary, who moved over to Secunderabad. During the tenure of Prakasam, revisions of the Bible in the Telugu language were periodically held by the Old Testament scholars Graham Ogden, G. Babu Rao Prakasam's confidant and Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary Old Testament Common Language Translation Coordinator G. Babu Rao, who was a lecturer at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad, and well versed with the Bible Society work as translator since 1973 from the period of B. G. Prasada Rao.