Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao, a senior Congressman and Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1956-62) was an admirer and nominated Siva Rao as a member to many committees which he constituted and chaired during his tenure as Speaker-the Glossary Committee, Editorial Committee, Translation Committee, etc.
But soon Siva Rao resigned, first from Translation Committee protesting impositions of Hindi terms into Telugu.