Blackboard Café began its journey in 2015 as Whiteboard Café with a simple vision — to create a welcoming space where great food, meaningful conversations, and exceptional hospitality come together. As the brand grew and expanded its presence across corporate workplaces, educational institutions, and large-scale events, it evolved into Blackboard Café in 2018 under Bevgo Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
Today, Blackboard Café is more than a café. We are a trusted hospitality and catering partner, serving thousands of customers every day with fresh, high-quality meals, specialty beverages, and reliable service. From cozy café experiences to corporate dining, institutional catering, and exhibition events, our commitment remains the same: delivering memorable experiences through quality, innovation, and genuine hospitality.
Every meal we serve reflects our belief that a café should feel like a second home — a place where people connect, recharge, and enjoy food made with care.
2015
Founded as Whiteboard Café — a warm, minimalist-meets-vibrant space with meeting rooms for work and quiet alike.
2018
Rebranded to Blackboard Restaurant, opening at Cyber Towers, Hyderabad with multi-cuisine, veg & non-veg dining.
2022
Launched a new branch at HITEX Exhibition Centre in March, expanding into exhibition & event catering.
Today
A trusted hospitality & catering partner across cafés, corporates, campuses and 38+ exhibitions.
30+
YEARS OF FOUNDER EXPERIENCE
4,000+
STUDENTS SERVED DAILY
1,000+
EMPLOYEE CATERING CAPACITY
2015
FOUNDED AS WHITEBOARD CAFÉ
OUR VISION
To create "a second home between work and home" — a place people return to, not just for the food, but for how it makes them feel.
✓Healthy, diverse, high-quality food
✓High standards of customer satisfaction
✓Memorable dining experiences through innovation and service excellence
OUR MISSION
To serve every guest — whether at a café table, an office desk, a campus canteen, or an exhibition hall — with healthy, diverse, high-quality food and hospitality that consistently exceeds expectations, delivered through innovation and service excellence.
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Jagannath Kallakurchi
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Ran Choice Solutions, an IT services firm, for 30+ years before founding Blackboard Café, shaping its vision of healthy, vegetarian and vegan hospitality — “a second home between work and home.”
30+ Years ExperienceIIT RoorkeeIIT MumbaiISBHarvard Business School
Venu Gopal Acha
GENERAL MANAGER – OPERATIONS
Joined Bevgo Ventures in December 2015 as Operations Manager and was promoted to General Manager – Operations in January 2017, bringing hospitality discipline from leading hotel brands.
Behind every memorable meal is a team of passionate culinary experts. Our experienced chefs combine creativity, hygiene and excellence to deliver world-class dining and catering experiences.
CHEF
"Good food starts with good ingredients and a kitchen that never cuts corners — that's the standard we hold at every counter, every day."
Leads Blackboard Café's kitchens with over 15 years of multi-cuisine experience, blending Hyderabadi classics with health-conscious, farm-fresh cooking. Trains and mentors every chef across our café, corporate, and institutional kitchens to keep quality and consistency high at scale.
15+ Years ExperienceMulti-Cuisine SpecialistFarm-to-Table Sourcing
WHAT WE STAND FOR
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Quality & Hygiene
High food quality and hygiene standards across every kitchen.
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Scalable Operations
Centralized kitchens built to reliably serve small cafés and 1,000+ person accounts alike.
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Customer-Centric Service
An experienced leadership team focused on a genuinely customer-first experience.
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Proven Track Record
A strong institutional and corporate catering history, including event catering experience at HITEX Exhibition Centre.
SUSTAINABILITY
Serving thousands daily while working to lighten our footprint on the planet.
✓Eliminating single-use plastics and packaging in favor of compostable or reusable items.
✓Self-service beverage stations instead of single-use cans and bottles.
✓A dedicated system for composting food waste at scale.
✓Local sourcing and mindful menu planning to reduce waste and cost.
"By using sustainable food practices like reducing the amount of food we waste and making good decisions about the food we eat, we can preserve the world’s food supplies and lessen our impact on the environment."
Venu Gopal Acha
GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS, BEVGO VENTURES
"We are known for maintaining the highest standards of quality and cleanliness of equipment in the kitchen. The main reason for our success is a clear focus on a ‘Customer First’ attitude and taking care of our employees."
Jagannath Kallakurchi
MANAGING DIRECTOR, BEVGO VENTURES
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Recognized back-to-back at the HYBIZ TV Food Awards for excellence in food and hospitality.