visakhapatnam on monday afternoon ap inspector general of police crime investigation department k satyanarayana deputy commissioner of excise and commercial tax t sivashankar rao and ent surgeon from king george hospital kgh dr b ramachandra congregated at the zilla parishad high school zphs of k kotapadu mandalthe top rank officials hadnt come to this government school to investigate a crime but to reward meritorious students motivate them and provide them career guidance the trio have one thing in common with the rural students they all hail from various villages of ap had village education and therefore want to help out deserving students of economically poor rural and tribal backgroundson monday 48 meritorious students who have passed class x and 20 teachers from various government schools of k kotapadu mandal were awarded at the grameena vidya jyothi gvj programme held at zphs kothapadu under the aegis of sanghamitra rural development society srds both srds and gvj are the brainchild of ent surgeon dr b ramachandra who has been contributing in the field of health and education for over a decade in the two mandals of devarapalli and k kothapadu located around 50 kilometres from vizag cityunder gvj concept developed in 2011 career guidance and scholarship is given to the deserving and talented students for further studies and taking up a career the parents of these rural students are mostly illiterate and cant guide the children so from time to time career guidance programmes are organised in the schools where ias ips officers university professors and doctors provide career guidance to the students the best and dedicated teachers are also felicitated besides the students informed dr ramachandratheres also the gramin kriya jyothi programme meritorious students from classes viiix are identified and provided with merit scholarships and sponsorships for enrolling in district sports schools sports events such as kabbadi volleyball kho kho and badminton are organised from where fourfive students are picked up every year and they are trained in sports school so as to represent in district and statelevel sport events added the doctorthe voluntary service organisation srds formed in 2004 is meant for philanthropic activities in the villages along with a few volunteers including a few doctors teachers and the established alumni of the village schools periodic medical camps are conducted that enable rural patients to avail superspecialty health and diagnostic services in their villages where medicines and medical kits are distributed diagnostic services and screening are done superspecialty doctors from kgh examine the patients and health and nutrition awareness programmes for women pregnant women and teenagers are also provided help is also being extended towards the physically challenged persons said the doctorwhile interacting with the zphs children ig police k satyanarayana who hails from narsipatnam mandal asked the students about their goals in life when the students said they want to become doctors engineers police officers teachers and so on the ips officer who runs a study circle free of cost to help the poor and tribal students qualify for