A unique Janmabhoomi project is taken up in Dimili. Dr. BV Parameswara Rao plays a catalytic role in getting each and every villager to contribute both cash as well as labour in building the Bhagavatula Somanna High School. With the Foundation stone laid by Governor Khandhubhai Desai and Education minister Sri PV Narasimha Rao, the High School was inaugurated by India President Sri VV Giri and AP Chief Minister Sri PV Narasimha Rao.
BCT registers as one of the earliest NGOs in India to work on integrated rural development.
Discussions take place at New Delhi on India’s way forward for rural development between Dr. BV Parameswara Rao, India Prime Minister Smt Indira Gandhi, Sri Rajiv Gandhi, Sri Bunkar Ray of Tilonia and Dr. Robert Mc Namara, President World Bank.
The Week magazine felicitates Dr. Rao as ‘Man of the year’ for his exemplary pioneering work in village development.
BCT starts Community based rehabilitation of people with disabilities in collaboration with MIBLOU, Geneva and Sanchar, Kolkata.
BCT Child Literacy and Training Programme starts as part of rehabilitation of child labour in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO).
BCT establishes the first-of-its-kind residential model high school, which offers rurally-biased, skill-oriented, value-based education.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is sanctioned to BCT, to enhance and improve the agricultural outcome for villagers.
Dr. BVP Rao conducts a padayatra in rural Visakhapatnam. This is a campaign for skill-oriented, value-based, self-reliant and village-biased education.
BCT conducts a unique 21- day ‘bhajana yagnam’ and brings together over 50,000 villagers.
BCT starts the Rejuvenation of folk arts
BCT starts the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), which runs under the CTS scheme of NCVT and can train up to 100 students
BCT partners with Tech Mahindra Foundation to establish BCT Tech Mahindra Foundation SMART center (BCT TMF SMART center) in Dwarakanagar, Visakhapatnam for training peri-urban youth on IT enabled services and Customer Relations & Sales. In consecutive years, 2 more SMART centers are set up.
BCT launches Farmer Field Schools in 5 villages. Also, the Prerana initiative is started in tribal Paderu, in collaboration with Vibha foudation, USA and Sikshana foundation.
Dr. BV Parameswara Rao, Founder of BCT, passes away at the age of 86.
The Grameena Incubation Center (GIC) begins operations in rural Visakhapatnam. Set up under the Technology Incubation for Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0), it is supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi.
BCT establishes the first-of-its-kind residential model high school, which offers rurally-biased, skill-oriented, value-based education. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is sanctioned to BCT, to enhance and improve the agricultural outcome for villagers.
Dr. BV Rao conducts a padayatra in rural Visakhapatnam. This is a campaign for skill-oriented, value-based, self-reliant and village-biased education.
BCT conducts a unique 21- day ‘bhajana yagnam’ and brings together over 50,000 villagers. BCT starts the Rejuvenation of folk arts
BCT partners with Tech Mahindra Foundation to establish BCT TMF SMART center in Dwarakanagar, Visakhapatnam for training peri-urban youth on IT enabled services and Customer Relations & Sales. In consecutive years, 2 more SMART centers are set up.
BCT launches Farmer Field Schools in 5 villages. Also, the Prerana initiative is started in tribal Paderu, in collaboration with Vibha and Sikshana foundation. Dr. BV Parameswara Rao, Founder of BCT, passes away at the age of 86. The Grameena Incubation Center begins operations in rural Visakhapatnam. Set up under the Technology Incubation for Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0), it is supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi.