Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions founder BS Rao dies due to age-related complications
Rao had established as many as 321 state board-affiliated junior colleges and around 322 K-10 Sri Chaitanya Techno Schools in AP and Telangana
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NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:13 July 2023 2:14 PM GMT
HYDERABAD: Dr Boppana Satyanarayana Rao (76), founder and chairman of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, died due to age-related complications in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Rao’s last rites would be held in Vijayawada on July 14,2023, according to his family members. Condolences poured in for the family members of BS Rao from many politicians and students. Taking to Twitter, TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu expressed his heartfelt condolences to the eminent educationist.
In 1986, after practicing medicine in the United Kingdom (UK) and Iran for 16 years, Rao and his wife Dr Jhansi Lakshmi Bai returned to India to start the first Sri Chaitanya Girls Junior College in Vijayawada. He had established as many as 321 state board-affiliated junior colleges and around 322 K-10 Sri Chaitanya Techno Schools in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In addition, Rao had also established 107 CBSE-affiliated Chaitanya schools in other states.
