Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
Lingayat Education Society (KLE Society) was founded by "Seven Dedicated Teachers or Saptharishis" in 1916 headquartered at
Belagavi, KLE Society runs over 250 educational institutions in Karnataka and Maharashtra. On 13 November 1916, KLE Society started an Anglo Vernacular School in Belagavi. Lingaraj College came into existence in June 1933. In 1947, B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology was started in Hubballi. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Belagavi and Gudleppa Hallikeri College at Haveri were started in 1963. KLE also runs the KLE engineering college in Belagavi, established in 1979.
From 1984 onwards, KLE Society started dental, education, nursing, information technology, computer applications, hotel management, business management, tourism, fashion design, and agriculture colleges, as well as polytechnics across India. Its health care institutions include the super-specialty KLE Society's
Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre at Belagavi. Today under the leadership of Prabhakar Kore, the KLE Society runs 256 institutions.{{Infobox university , founder =
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History
In 1947, the government of Bombay Province made attempts to establish a university in Bombay Karnataka. As per the resolution No. 7914 of Education and Industries Department, the government of Bombay, a committee was constituted on 17 April 1947 to make recommendations regarding form, scope, constitution and jurisdiction of a university for Karnataka. (which meant Bombay Karnataka because Bombay Karnataka was a southern part of Bombay Province). The Karnataka University came into existence in 1949.
Founders
The founder life members of the KLE Society are:
* S.S. Basavanal (7 November 1893 – 22 December 1951)
* B.B. Mamadapur (24 July 1887 – 5 October 1976)
* M.R. Sakhare (1892 - 1951)
* H.F. Kattimani (1 June 1889 – 8 April 1964)
* B.S. Hanchinal (18 March 1891 – 19 August 1979)
* P.R. Chikodi (February 1884 - 8 January 1961)
* V.V. Patil (10 April 1888 – 3 July 1979)
KLE University collaborations and MoU
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University of Michigan
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University of Missouri
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, established = 1901 - Sunderland Technical College1969 - Sunderland Polytechnic1992 - University of Sunderland (gained university status)
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, UK
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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(USM), Malaysia,
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Copperbelt University
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Rhodes University
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, South Africa,
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Middlesex University, UK
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University of Alabama
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, Birmingham, USA
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Christina Care Health Services, Delaware, USA
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Vanderbilt University
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, Nashville, USA
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University of Colorado Denver
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Harvard School of Public Health
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, Boston, USA
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University of California at San Francisco
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*Fortius World School, London United Kingdom
See also
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Prabhakar Kore
References
External links
KLE Society website
Education in Belgaum
Educational organisations based in India
Educational organizations established in 1916
1916 establishments in British India
Organisations based in Karnataka