At present there are 267 institutions with residential schools, junior and degree colleges with good infrastructure and focus on the all round development of students so that they can face the world with confidence.
Dr. Repalle Shiva Praveen Kumar IPS was the Secretary of the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Institutions Society.
Many of them are against the vulnerable social practices which are untouchability, discrimination based on caste, atrocities against the certain sections of dalit, tribal, backward and minority communities.
Pre-Independent India has seen great leaders like Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar who have given their life for empowerment and equality of Dalit community.
He always believed injustice and stigma attached with Dalit can be removed by empowering them with education and creating employment opportunity.
During his tenure as Secretary in Social Welfare Department he has brought in various reforms like protection of Dalits and Adivasis under the Prevention of Atrocities Act, improvement and expansion of reservation, poverty alleviation by assigning, distributing and creating employment opportunity for landless, integrated development under various government schemes, releasing bonded labour, conversion to other religion, women issues.
In education sector he has brought in major reforms like setting up exclusive schools for Dalits, providing scholarships, developing hostels, colleges.
All the untiring, sincere and dedicated work for the downtrodden has got him many awards and recognition but he will always be remembered as "People’s IAS Officer".
Dr. R. S. Praveen Kumar, IPS (VRS) and Dr. E. Naveen Nicolas, IAS are the prominent Alumni of TSWREIS and have also worked as the Secretary of TSWREIS Dr.R.S.Praveen Kumar IPS(VRS)BSP, the secretary of social welfare schools, is the founder and the guiding force to launch a payback movement called SWAEROES.
They share various successful case studies so that they are motivated and are encouraged to not only send their children for education but they also learn and understand the various growth opportunities available.