KOTHYA SOCIETY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH (KSSDR) is jointly working with Shri Ram Kumar Rai Siksha Samiti (SRKRSS), a non-profit organization, began as a family initiative. As far back as 1997, members of the Kothiya Rai family discussed the idea of giving something back to their village of Khappa Bazar. They felt a need to repay their debt to the land that had provided their family with wealth over several generations.

Members of the Kothiya Rai family recognized that their successes in life were largely due to their access to quality education. Thus in 1997, they established the first Pratibha Pragati Vidhyalay School in the estate building that had housed the family. At its inception, SRKRSS was an organization involved in not only educating the children of the village, but also improving overall development of the people and welfare of the village with special reference to public amenities, healthcare and other facilities.