With its focus on ‘Rural prosperity for India’s growth’, Bhagavatula Charitable Trust is a non-profit, non-sectarian social service organization involved in transforming rural Andhra Pradesh. Established in 1976, our four-decade-long journey has centered on diverse aspects that impact development and enhance the quality of life for people in rural Andhra Pradesh, especially in the Visakhapatnam district. Working with a participatory approach, our integrated rural development programs nurture change agents within villages and create a paradigm for replication both nationally as well as internationally. Founded by Dr. BV Parameswara Rao, BCT has conducted over 100 pilot programs, a few of which have become models for replication across the country. These include women's self-help groups (precursor to DWACRA and SHG), rural banking, wasteland development, development of literacy primers etc. Today BCT continues to focus its energies on education, livelihoods, support to specially-abled, agricultural communities and rural entrepreneurship models. BCT is registered under the 1860 Societies Registration Act with number 412, and registered under FCRA during the year 1984. Grameena Incubation Center (GIC) is working towards promotion of entrepreneurship amongst women, people with disabilities and youth in rural areas.Also focuses on creating a model of entrepreneurial training to help rural women with micro and small enterprises scale up their business by providing them with mentoring, training and possible financial assistance. GIC has started a pilot project before the COVID lockdown to access the interest women entrepreneurs have to improve their business.