About Us The idea to create RGUKT germinated in April at a meeting between Prof D Raj Reddy and Prof K C Reddy who then took idea to the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy Dr YSR by then was not happy with the opportunities available to the rural youth and wanted to start a University modeled on IIIT to exclusively concentrate on rural youth in imparting technology oriented higher education for bettering their employment potential A Task Force was created under the Chairmanship of Prof K C Reddy the then chairman APSCHE which recommended for establishing a technological University to benefit rural youth In March of the AP Government created RGUKT with three campuses through an Act of the Legislature as a full-fledged university which would initially admit approximately the top of the rural students into the three residential campuses located at RK Valley Basara and Nuzvid Read More