Last rites at Tadigadapa tomorrow
PNS|Vijayawada
Boppana Satya Narayana Rao (BS Rao), Chairman of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, passed away in Hyderabad on Thursday. He was 75.
BS Rao was rushed to a hospital in Jubilee Hills area after he complained of uneasiness in the morning. However, the doctors could not save him and he died while undergoing treatment. He was suffering from age-related complications for quite some time. The family said his mortal remains will be shifted to Vijayawada and his last rites will be held at Tadigadapa tomorrow.
After completing MBBS, BS Rao went to England to pursue MRSH (Member of the Royal Society of Health) degree. He practised medicine in the UK before moving to Iran for a brief stint. After serving in various foreign countries, Dr BS Rao and his wife Dr Jhansi returned to India in 1986 to set up an educational institution.
The same year, the doctor couple started the first Sri Chaitanya Girls’ Junior College at Poranki in Vijayawada. This was just the beginning as Sri Chaitanya soon grew into a major group of educational institutions in the united Andhra Pradesh. The founders changed the landscape of intermediate education and EAMCET coaching in the state. Soon, Sri Chaitanya educational group started its branches in other states and cities like in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Gangavati, Ranchi, Bokaro and Indore.
Currently, the Sri Chaitanya educational group boasts of 321 junior colleges and 322 techno schools in the Telugu states while it is managing 107 CBSE-affiliated schools in other states.
