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Vijalapuram is a Gram Panchayat of Ramakuppam Mandal with a population of 946 people and a literacy rate of 48%.
Mr.B.Venkataraman Reddy is a native of Vijalapuram and the entrepreneur of Vijalapuram Community Information Centre. Mr.B.Venkataraman Reddy is married and has a son. He had studied up to 10th class and prior to joining the CIC business, he was doing contract work for construction of roads and sanitary drains of his Village Panchayat (local government body). Venkataraman Reddy has been instrumental in founding the “Bharathi Orphan Education Society” about 2 years ago through which he has established a Tailoring Centre and has provided training for 72 women of Vijalapuram Gram Panchayat for a period of 6 months. He has also worked for “Grama Seva Samathi” an NGO, for a period of 9 months as a coordinator for the “Panchayat Raj Institutions Development Project” (local governing bodies).
Vijalapuram CIC was established in September 2003. The centre is equipped with one computer, one 3-in-1 printer/copier/scanner, which were provided by Hewlett Packard and a telephone.
Through the HP I-Community Programme Vijalapuram CIC has facilitated for 32 and 7 below-poverty line applicants in getting Ration Cards and Old Age Pensions respectively.
Mr.B.Venkataraman Reddy says “As I was a private contractor, I was able to establish rapport with the government and public representatives, but there was always a desire in me to mingle with all sections of people and know about their problems and provide guidance in solving them. And my wish came true with the establishment of the Community Information Centre at Vijalapuram. The training that I have got from World Corps India, developed the entrepreneurial abilities in me with which, I am able to contribute to the community through this novel manner”.
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