SKC was similarly started to provide tutorial support to students appearing privately for university examinations, but grew in a short time to become a well-reputed, university-affiliated, multi-disciplinary undergraduate college. Education with values and quality is at the core of Prof. Ravikumar’s working philosophy. He constantly encourages young people to look outward and forward, while drawing strength from their cultures, traditions and value systems. A passion for Indian art forms is something Prof. Ravikumar inherited. He received early training in mridangam and continues to practice and perform as an artist. SAPA emerged from his desire to popularise and have more people appreciate the beauty of Indian performing arts. Under his directives, the academy has opened its doors to anyone who is interested in learning dance and music, irrespective of their age. It provides training free of cost to all students enrolled at GSSCT institutions.

Prof. Ravikumar has pursued multifarious interest since young. Besides the arts, he has a keen interest in sports, having led his university teams in athletics and swimming, and as an organiser and debater. The interest in agriculture, nurtured early at GPUAT, has continued through later years. He has twice been awarded as the best dairy farmer in the district and named as the best farmer for his innovative approach that led to the rejuvenation of nearly 20 acres of barren land for cultivation.

It is with this diversity of interests and breadth of experiences that he leads GSSCT’s efforts to provide holistic education in keeping with the trust’s vision to produces, innovative, productive and well-rounded citizens who give more to the society than what they have taken from it.