The current RKIT board members and the founder of RKIT Foundation, Dr. Sunder Singh, 
and Dr. Lakshman Singh were born in Tiwaripur, India, studied primary education in far away school in Lachchikera village, and in spite of all the challenges, received doctorates degrees (Ph.D.) from Columbia University in the USA. Settled in the USA, they were still attached to their families and communities where they grew up, and always wanted to give back to people of Tiwaripur. With Mahatma Gandhi’s “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”, as their mantra, they began sowing the seeds of education in 1974, beginning with Tiwaripur village, where a family of 50 lived with no access to education. Their mission to provide education to girls, and empower women’s thus making the communities self-reliant.
RK College was founded in 1974 as Pragati Vidyalaya (Progressive School), as a result of the collective action of several Tiwaripur and other local school teachers. We proudly recognize them as the foundational pillars of the college as it stands today.
Narendra Singh provided leadership to the teachers who agreed to start the school and share the tuitions which were collected as their salary, with a minimum supplement from the management. We appointed Narendra as the Manager of Pragati Vidyalaya. He worked with the gram panchayat (local village electorate) get land allocated to start high school classes. He served as a Manager until his untimely passing away in 1995.
Ramsevak Singh, Teacher from Tewaripur, who assumed the role of Principal for the Junior High School, and served until his appointment as a Primary School Teacher in a Government school.
Pannalal Singh, Teacher from Lachhikara, who worked tirelessly with the students, conducting night classes to prepare them for Board Exams,
Pratap Singh, who worked closely with Narendra Singh to have initial classrooms constructed, ensuring that the funds provided by us were used for planned purposes.
We continued to consult Ramsevak and Pannalal on school matters for a long time and plan to make them members of School Advisory Committee to formalize this relationship.
1981: UP Board granted Permanent Recognition to Pragati Vidyalaya as a Junior High School. It was operating on Temporary recognition before this time. Additional classroom facilities were added to start high school classes.
Mid-1980s: The West Wing of the current school was constructed, when Gram-Panchayat allocated land for School Building & Playground and the school were moved from our family plot.
Early 1990s: Late Shivraj Singh retired in Tewaripur and started looking after the school. He became the Manager after untimely passing away of our cousin, Narendra Singh. He spent full time overseeing the school operation and working with the teachers to increase school standards and enrollment of students. Both slowly improved.
Early 2000s: With relentless efforts of our Bhai Saheb, he won a Grant from UP Government to start Girls Inter College, and the high school name was changed to RK Girls Inter College. The Junior high school continues to operate in the name of Pragati Purva-madhyamik Vidyalaya. Construction of North & South Wings started on receiving the 1st installment of the grant, and the enrollment peaked to 320 in few years.
2012: RK Girls Inter College recognition by U.P. Govt.
At present, RK College is focusing on improvements to the classrooms, recruiting dynamic new teachers, and above all, increasing enrollment of students into their vibrant learning environment.
