Dr. Jampala joined TANA as a member in 1981 and has been a Life Member since 1990. He has been an active volunteer continuously all these years, serving TANA in various capacities, including as President (2015-2017) and Chairman of Board of Directors (2011-2013). Currently, Dr. Jampala is serving on the TANA Board of Directors as a Director and acts as a resource person to the TANA exectuive team.
Dr. Jampala has been an active and influential collaborator with successive TANA administrations over the last two decades. Dr. Jampala played a very important and crucial role – without regard to any title or personal recognition – in designing, developing and implementing many of the activities that brought fame and recognition to TANA worldwide, including:
- Organizing the first TANA Telugu Film Festival (1992)
- Editing TANA Patrika (1992- 2004), making it into a respected magazine and effective communication vehicle between the membership and the leadership
- Developing the first TANA Web Site (1995) to reach a new generation of members
- Making available the first Telugu Font (Pothana fonts) freely in public domain(1995)
- Developing Telugu Dictionaries On-line
- Sponsoring the telugurachayita.org (teluguwriters.com), a compendium of information about Telugu writers.
- Playing key roles in seven successful TANA Conferences
- Advisor to the Convener and Editor of the Souvenir, Chicago 1995
- Chairman for Programs and Events Committee, Cincinnati 1999
- Chairman, Advisory Committee, Philadelphia 2001
- Chairman, Advisory Committee, Washington, DC 2007
- Deputy Coordinator, Chicago, 2009
- Executive Vice-President, Detroit, 2013 and
- President, St. Louis, 2015
- Editing TANA Conference Souvenirs (1995, 1999 and 2009).
- Producing/ coordinating acclaimed inaugural dance ballets for three TANA Conferences (Andhrula Charitra ఆంధ్రుల చరిత్ర 1999 Cincinnati; Saampradaya Vinyaasam– Saamkethika Vikaasam సాంప్రదాయ విన్యాసం– సాంకేతిక వికాసం , Chicago 2009; TANA Culture of Service, Detroit, 2015; ఎల్లలు లేని తెలుగు ఎప్పటికీ వెలుగు, St. Louis, 2017)
- Chairing TANA Publications Committee (1997-2015), responsible for TANA’s support of Katha volumes and other publications in India, and translations of Modern Telugu Poetry and Kanyasulkam into English
- Organizing and judging TANA Novel and Short Story Competitions (1995-2005, 2017, 2019)
- Organizing the TANA Telugu Children’s Literary Competitions (2017,2019, 2021)
- Designing the first TANA Janapada Kalotsavaalu (1999) which evolved to become the biennial Chaitanya Sravanti events in India
- Initiating TANA’s Telugu Without Boundaries (ఎల్లలు లేని తెలుగు) project for preservation and propagation of among Telugus living outside the two Telugu states
- Developing the TANA Raithu Kosam (రైతు కోసం) project to aid and sustain the farmers in Telugu lands.
- Establishment of TANA CARES program
- Establishment of TANA Kalaasaala program for university diplomas in dance and music
- Volunteering for TANA TEAM Square from its beginning in 2008;
- Writing and propagating TANA TEAM Square Safety Guidelines for Students and Visitors
- Participating in the Telugu Language Development Committee (since 1999) – activities include the Biennial Gidugu Ramamurthy Award
- Designing TANA Telugu padavignaana (vocabulary) contests.
- Organizing the successful Facebook campaign for Chase Grant for TANA (2012)
- Chairing TANA Legal Committee and defending TANA successfully from legal challenges (2008-2009; 2017)
- Designing the very successful TANA-MAA TV Super Singer -3 contest (2009)
- Designing and Conducting the NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SINGER competitions (2009)
- Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural sessions of TANA Conferences (2007, 2011)
- Updating the Bylaws of TANA (2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019,2021)
- Trustee (2007-2011);
- Chairman, TANA Board of Directors (2011-2013)
- Executive Vice-President (President Elect) (2013-2015)
- President (2015-2017)
- Past-President (2017-2019)
- Director (2019 – present)