CM Revanth Reddy inaugurates NATCO-funded school in Kodangal
Synopsis
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new Zilla Parishad High School and Government Junior College building at Hakeempet in Kodangal on Diwali, funded by NATCO Trust's CSR corpus, with Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and multiple ministers in attendance.
Key Takeaways
Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new ZPHS and Government Junior College building at Hakeempet, Dudyal Mandal on the occasion of Diwali .
The building is located in Kodangal Assembly constituency , Vikarabad district — Revanth Reddy's own constituency.
Construction was funded by NATCO Trust using CSR funds from NATCO Pharma.
Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar , ministers, MP Vem Narender Reddy , and representatives from the erstwhile undivided Mahabubnagar district attended the inauguration.
The school building serves students in a rural mandal of Vikarabad district , addressing secondary and junior college-level infrastructure gaps.
On the occasion of Diwali, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated a newly constructed Zilla Parishad High School and Government Junior College building at Hakeempet in Dudyal Mandal, Kodangal Assembly constituency — bringing a festival gift of education infrastructure to one of the state's rural pockets.
The building was constructed using CSR funds from NATCO Trust, the community-development arm of NATCO Pharma, in a public-private model that has become an increasingly common route for filling gaps in rural school infrastructure across Telangana.
A Diwali inauguration in Vikarabad's Kodangal belt
The ceremony drew a cross-section of Telangana's political leadership. Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha, Thummala Nageswara Rao, Vakiti Srihari, MP Vem Narender Reddy, and Government Adviser P. Sudarshan Reddy were among those present, along with elected representatives, officials, and staff from the erstwhile undivided Mahabubnagar district. The gathering reflected the political weight this corridor carries for the Congress-led government — Kodangal is CM Revanth Reddy's own home constituency.
NATCO Trust's CSR investment in rural education
NATCO Trust, the philanthropic and CSR wing of Hyderabad-based NATCO Pharma, funded the construction of the building. Corporate Social Responsibility spending in education infrastructure — particularly school and junior college buildings in Telangana's rural mandals — has grown as a channel alongside government budget allocations, allowing faster project delivery at the constituency level. The Hakeempet school is one such project where the trust's investment directly translates into classroom space for students in Dudyal Mandal.
What this means for Vikarabad district's students
Hakeempet sits within Vikarabad district, carved out in the 2016 reorganisation of Telangana's districts. Access to quality secondary and junior college-level education remains uneven across its mandals, and a dedicated new building — housing both a ZPHS and a junior college — reduces the distance and infrastructure deficit for rural students in this belt. Telangana governments have periodically timed such inaugurations around major festivals, using the occasion to signal local development momentum ahead of constituency-level political cycles.
With education infrastructure rollouts still ongoing across Vikarabad and neighbouring districts, the Hakeempet inauguration is a marker — not a finish line — for the region's schooling ambitions.
Point of View
Constituency-level development optics — CM Revanth Reddy chose his home turf, Kodangal, for a Diwali announcement that doubles as a grassroots outreach moment. The NATCO Trust's CSR funding model signals a broader state strategy of leveraging pharma-sector corporate wealth — concentrated in Hyderabad's pharma corridor — to plug rural infrastructure gaps without straining the state exchequer. The assembly of legislators and officials from the entire erstwhile undivided Mahabubnagar belt suggests the event was calibrated for regional political consolidation, not just a school ribbon-cutting. If replicated at scale across Vikarabad and neighbouring districts, this CSR-state partnership model could become a defining education-infrastructure template for Telangana's Congress government.
NationPress
8 Nov 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Which school was inaugurated by CM Revanth Reddy on Diwali 2026?
CM Revanth Reddy inaugurated the newly constructed Zilla Parishad High School and Government Junior College building at Hakeempet in Dudyal Mandal, Kodangal Assembly constituency, on the occasion of Diwali.
Who funded the Hakeempet school building in Kodangal?
The building was funded by NATCO Trust using Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from NATCO Pharma, a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company.
Where is Hakeempet school located in Telangana?
Hakeempet is in Dudyal Mandal, within the Kodangal Assembly constituency of Vikarabad district, Telangana.
Who attended the Hakeempet school inauguration ceremony?
Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Ministers Damodar Rajanarsimha, Thummala Nageswara Rao and Vakiti Srihari, MP Vem Narender Reddy, Government Adviser P. Sudarshan Reddy, and representatives from the erstwhile undivided Mahabubnagar district attended.
What is NATCO Trust and why is it involved in Telangana school construction?
NATCO Trust is the CSR and philanthropic arm of NATCO Pharma. It invests in community and education infrastructure projects, and funded the construction of the Hakeempet school and junior college building in Kodangal.
