Making a Difference, Since 1997
Rajagiri Dawood Batcha Educational & Charitable Trust
The Dawood Batcha Educational and Charitable Trust was founded in 1997 with the sole aim of providing education to the underprivileged in rural areas. Focusing particularly on promoting higher education for girls, the trust has opened several educational institutions since its inception.
Making a Difference, Since 1997
RDB Trust has been instrumental in opening up higher education to people from various walks of life.
The thought leaders at RDB fully understand that success in the scope of education is more than just securing grades or building specific skills. We understand that it is also about personal and intellectual development, such as to create well rounded individuals who are capable of taking on a rapidly changing world.
We promote educational opportunity and social justice by increasing access to high quality education.
Our purpose is to bridge the gap between unexposed talent and the world of opportunities for all our students. We have committed ourselves to this purpose by continuously increasing our infrastructure capacity and improving our capabilities.
200+
Scholarships provided
Our Story
Dr. M.A. Dawood Batcha founded the RDB College after his personal experiences with education in his village. He realised the discrepancies in the number that pursued higher education, especially among girls. He comprehended that this was due to the economic and cultural climate of the village, which meant that many students were unable to afford the fees to relocate to a city.
The nearest college, at the time, was in another city and Dr. M.A. Dawood Batcha himself had to go to Trichy to study. Particularly with girls, the parents had an apprehension towards sending them out of the locality which hindered their opportunity for higher education. Resulting in girls tending to be less educated than the boys in the village. He felt the solution was to open a more affordable institution closer to these surrounding rural areas.
In 1997, having gained experience in business and education, Dr. M.A. Dawood Batcha revisited the idea of improving and advancing education in his hometown which led to him setting up the Dawood Batcha Educational and Charitable Trust in the same year. The following year, in 1998, the Rajagiri Dawood Batcha College of Arts and Science was opened.
Now, 20 years later, the trust has expanded to include RDB Institute of Management, RDB College of Education, RDB Teacher Training Institute, RDB Matriculation Higher Secondary School, RDB School of Nursing in Papanasam. His goal of educating and helping women progress is being achieved with already around 5000 girls having received higher education and successfully going on to obtain a job from inception.
Now, students from the surrounding rural towns of Rajagiri, Ayampettai, Vilathur, Kumabakonam and more are able to pursue higher education. This has undoubtedly contributed to the flourishment of his hometown and the expansion of the aspirations that students have not only for themselves but also for their families.
Our Graduates
Over 8000 students have graduated from our institutions since 2003. We are proud to share that over 5000 of this are girls.
Scholarships We Offer
As part of our mission to make quality education accessible to everyone, we have partnered with various charitable organisations to provide scholarships for deserving candidates.
We truly believe in making education a right, not a privilege
In most cases where the value of scholarship is lesser than the tuition fee, RDB Foundation either matches or exceeds the value in order to make the scholarship 100%.
Some of the scholarships provided through RDB Trust are as follows:
Kiswa Kumbakonam Scholarship
No. of students : 53
Scholarship offered : 50%
% covered by RDB : 50%
Rajagiri Pandaravadai International Scholarship
No. of students : 9
Scholarship offered : 50 – 70%
% covered by RDB : 30 – 50%
Mohammed Ali Foundation Scholarship
No. of students : 9
Scholarship offered : 50 – 70%
% covered by RDB : 30 – 50%
1st Graduates
75% of all our students are the first graduates in their family
Scholarship offered by RDB : 50% (for Semester I)
Scholarships Reserved for Specific Categories
No. of Students : 6
Scholarship offered by RDB : 100%
RDB Scholarship
No. of Students : 28
Scholarship offered by RDB : 100%
Bilialia Scholarship
No. of Students : 80
Scholarship offered : 50%
Accreditations
The RDB management has been diligent in keeping up with compliance requirements and obtaining accreditations for all the institutions under its management.
The approvals we have obtained for our institutions are as follows:
Making a Difference, Since 1997
Rajagiri Dawood Batcha Educational & Charitable Trust
The Dawood Batcha Educational and Charitable Trust was founded in 1997 with the sole aim of providing education to the underprivileged in rural areas. Focusing particularly on promoting higher education for girls, the trust has opened several educational institutions since its inception.
RDB College of Education
NACC Approved (Grade B)
Minority Status
RDB Institute of Management
AICTE Approval for MBA stream.
RDB College of Arts & Science
NACC Approved
Minority Status
RDB Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Minority Status
Infrastructure
The RDB management has been diligent in keeping up with compliance requirements and obtaining accreditations for all the institutions under its management.
Accessibility
Our impact in making high quality education more accessible has now expanded to over 70 villages around Papanasam.
These remote villages that RDB serves now have access to quality education and exposure.
