Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

Lingayat Education Society (KLE Society) is headquartered at

Belagavi Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...

, Karnataka. KLE Society runs over 300 institutions engaged in education, healthcare and research in Karnataka and Maharashtra. The educational institutions have over 1,30,000 students and the number of people employed across all institutions is over 16000. The healthcare institutions of KLE have a combined capacity of over 4000 beds including 1700 charitable beds that offer services to the needy at subsidized costs. KLE Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre is a super specialty multi organ transplant centre which is renowned for heart, liver and kidney transplants.

Founders

Founder Life Members- Seven Teachers- "Saptarishis" * S.S. Basavanal (1893 – 1951) * B.B. Mamadapur (1887 – 1976) * M.R. Sakhare (1892 - 1951) * H.F. Kattimani (1889 –1964) * B.S. Hanchinal (1891 – 1979) * P.R. Chikodi (1884 -1961) * V.V. Patil (1888 –1979) Founder Patrons: * Rao Bahadur Rudragouda Chanagouda Artal (1851- 1932) * Rao Bahadur V G Naik-Chachadi (1882-1969) * Rao Bahadur Vaijappa Anigol (1877- 1946)

History & Milestones

1916- Establishment of KLE Society’s G.A. High School (Anglo Vernacular), Belagavi in 1916 to facilitate “Empowerment through Education”, especially for the farming folk in the region. 1933 & 1935- Establishment of KLE Society’s Lingaraj College, Belagavi and KLE Raja Lakhamgouda Science Institute at Belagavi to provide opportunities for higher education 1937- Commencement of first Marathi Medium School, KLE Annappa Kadadi High School at Solapur, Maharashtra 1940- Establishment of KLE Society’s S.S.Basavanal Teachers’ Training Institute, Belagavi 1947- Commencement of KLE B.V. Bhoomraddi College of Engineering & Technology, Hubballi - first college for Technical Education in North Karnataka 1963- Establishment of the KLE Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Belagavi. 1968- Commencement of KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi 1974- KLE Society established its first English Medium School at Hubballi 1974-KLE Society established Law Colleges at Hubballi and Gadag 1984- Establishment of Polytechnic institutions at Hubballi, Chikodi and Haveri 1985- KLE Institute of Dental Sciences established at Belagavi. 1986- Establishment of 1000 beds hospital at Belagavi 1987- Establishment of KLE Institute of Nursing Sciences at Belagavi. 1991- Upgradation and establishment of KLE B M Kankanwadi Ayurveda Medical College and Ayurveda Hospital at Shahpur, Belagavi. 1994- Establishment of KLE established an Institute of Physiotherapy at Belagavi. 1996- Commencement of Colleges of Business Administration; one each at Hubballi and Belagavi. 1996- Establishment of its first “Concept Pre-University College” at Bengaluru 1999- Established KLE Society’s School of Agricultural Training and Research, Mattikopp, Tq. Bailhongal 1999- Commencement of the international collaborations of KLE J N Medical College, Belagavi by singing an MOU with University of Illinois, Chicago 1999- Establishment of KLE’s Bachelor of Computer Applications institutions at Hubballi, Gadag and Belagavi 2003- KLE’s first Industrial Training Centre (ITC) established at Gokak 2006- Establishment of KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (KAHER), Belagavi, Deemed-to-be-University for Health Sciences and allied disciplines. 2008- Commencement of KLE College of Engineering & Technology, Chikodi to take modern day technical education to the rural areas. 2010- Commencement of USM – KLE International Medical School / Programme wherein students from Malaysia obtain their degree in medicine at the KLE campus at Belagavi 2011- KLE Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mattikoppa established to take modern day scientific farming practices and inputs to the rural areas to supplement and enhance livelihoods. 2013- Establishment of Dr Prabhakar Kore Basic Science Research Centre (BSRC) at KAHER, Belagavi 2015- KLE B V Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Hubballi is elevated to “KLE Technological University, Hubballi 2016- Centenary Celebrations of KLE Society graced by the inspirational presence of Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji. 2021- Commencement of KLE Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College, Hubballi.

Prominent Alumni

* Nath Pai - A Great Parliamentarian * B. Shankaranand - Former Central Minister * Padma Shri

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- Chairman, Infosys Foundation * Chandrashekhara Kambar - Jnanpith Award Winner * Mr. Datar - Legal Luminary * Dr. Shivanand Patil - Eminent Scientist of International reputation, IOWA University, USA * Shri Pralhad Joshi, Hon. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines * Late Shri

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, Hon. Chief Minister of Karnataka * Shri

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KLE University Collaborations and MoU

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, USA * Sunderland University, UK *

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