Occupation Lecturer Genre Poet Education Maharajah's College Citizenship India Died January 12, 1987 | Ethnicity Hindu Role Teacher Nationality Indian Name Ganti Somayaji | |
Alma mater Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram | ||
Ganti Jogi Somayaji (Telugu: గంటి జోగి సోమయాజి) M.A. (7 October 1900 – 12 January 1987) was a famous linguist and teacher. He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, English and other languages.
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Brief lifesketch
Ganti Jogi Somayaji was born at Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam district in 1900. He was graduated from Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram in 1921. He has completed L.T. and obtained Vidwan degree in Telugu and Sanskrit languages in 1926. He has obtained M. A. in Sanskrit while working in a High School at Adoni. He has joined Pachaiyappa's College as Lecturer of Sanskrit and worked for 3 years. He has joined Andhra University in 1933 as Telugu lecturer and worked there till 1963.
He died on 12 January 1987.
The Ganti Jogi Somayaji memorial lecture was instituted in his memory by Telugu Department of Andhra University. Dr. Ravi Ranga Rao gave the annual lecture on "Conciseness in Poetry" in 2010.