Introduction 

Mr. K. Venkata Rao was born in a small and remote village named Korra, Dumbrigudamandal of Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1970. He belongs to a poor tribal family. He studied in tribal welfare hostels in Kinchumanda, Dumbriguda. After completing intermediate, he came back to his village and realized that tribes in his area were suppressed by outsiders. That made him start the awareness gatherings about the facilities provided by the Government sessions to the tribal people. He started this work for the rights and entitlement of tribes in 1990. He individually identified issues of tribes and brought these issues to the notice of district collectors and the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Project officer (PO). During that period Mr Somesh Kumar IAS officer appointed as ITDA, PO of Paderu ITDA. He identified Mr K Venkta Rao and asked him to find an organization, so issues of tribes can be effectively addressed. So, he founded an organization named Tribal Educational Rural Development Society (TERDS) on 23rd August 1993.

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